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It's a rare Italian male name, though I assume it's got a Germanic origin. Anyone knows what it means?
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from "Scent of a Woman"
*BtN's resident 10th century Japanese novelist*
"If you're tangled up, just tango on."
from "Scent of a Woman"
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Manrico is a Spanish variant of Manrique, an old name coming from an obscure Germanic name of doubtful etymology, perhaps variant of Amalarico --from the Germanic name Amalaric, coming from the elements Amal(also of doubtful meaning, maybe "work", but that is not sure) and ric, "powerful"-- or from the Germanic elements man(n), "man", and ric.
The name was very popular in Castile in the Middle Ages but later died (and survived basically as family name). It was revived, in the form Manrique, in the Spanish play El trovador, by Antonio García Gutiérrez, setted in the Middle Ages.
The play was adapted as libretto by Salvatore Cammarano (who used the variant Manrico, matching with the Italian uses) and turned in opera by Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore (1853), which had a huge success in Italy and popularized the name.
The name was very popular in Castile in the Middle Ages but later died (and survived basically as family name). It was revived, in the form Manrique, in the Spanish play El trovador, by Antonio García Gutiérrez, setted in the Middle Ages.
The play was adapted as libretto by Salvatore Cammarano (who used the variant Manrico, matching with the Italian uses) and turned in opera by Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore (1853), which had a huge success in Italy and popularized the name.
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