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in reply to a message by RIM
Hi Rimgard!
Your name really looks like a wrong spelling of Irmgard which is a quite common name in Germany for women older than 50 years.
But maybe Rimgard could be a form of the name Reingard (I just thought of that because Rimbert is a form of Reinbert...). Reingard is an Old German name meaning 'wise, counsel' & 'protection'.
By the way: Rimgard and Rimgård is used as a last name in Sweden. The suffix gard/gård means 'protection' or 'farmstead', but I'm not sure about the prefix Rim-...
Swedish rim means 'rhyme', rimfrost means 'rime'... but I don't know if it has got something to do with the name Rimgård/Rimgard...
Regards, Satu
Your name really looks like a wrong spelling of Irmgard which is a quite common name in Germany for women older than 50 years.
But maybe Rimgard could be a form of the name Reingard (I just thought of that because Rimbert is a form of Reinbert...). Reingard is an Old German name meaning 'wise, counsel' & 'protection'.
By the way: Rimgard and Rimgård is used as a last name in Sweden. The suffix gard/gård means 'protection' or 'farmstead', but I'm not sure about the prefix Rim-...
Swedish rim means 'rhyme', rimfrost means 'rime'... but I don't know if it has got something to do with the name Rimgård/Rimgard...
Regards, Satu
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