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The Spanish Argimiro comes from the Medieval Argimirus, Latinisation of a Germanic personal name (of Visigothic tradition). The first element, argi, is from doubtful etymology:

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a) maybe related with the old German *arga, "shy, prudent, cautious" and also "miser" (De Felice);

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b) from the Germanic aircan/ercan, "free, sincere, authentic, noble" (Tibón);

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c) from *harjis, variant of hari, "army" (J.M. Piel).

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The second element is, as you pointed, the Germanic element mir, a variant of mar, "famous".

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