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ArchivesRe: three masculine Italian names (Alvis, Masseo & Monaldo)
in reply to a message by Swiff
Alvis seems very close to Alvise, which is in BtN's database as a variant of Louis.
This page here:
http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/pisa/pisa-given-freq.html
explains Masseo as a variant of Matteo.
Not sure about Monaldo. It has a sound as of Germanic origin. This page here of questionable reliability:
http://www.italia-mia.it/nomi/monaldo.asp
seems to hint at a combination of Old High German words munt and waltan, but I could not find a corresponding German name Mundwald which should probably result, only a Old High German common word 'mundwald' with a meaning of 'guardian' or 'custodian'.
Rene www.AboutNames.ch
This page here:
http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/pisa/pisa-given-freq.html
explains Masseo as a variant of Matteo.
Not sure about Monaldo. It has a sound as of Germanic origin. This page here of questionable reliability:
http://www.italia-mia.it/nomi/monaldo.asp
seems to hint at a combination of Old High German words munt and waltan, but I could not find a corresponding German name Mundwald which should probably result, only a Old High German common word 'mundwald' with a meaning of 'guardian' or 'custodian'.
Rene www.AboutNames.ch
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