Name Element MARI

Type Word & Element
Usage Old High German [1], Old Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)

Meaning & History

Old High German, Old Saxon and Frankish word meaning "famous, illustrious, known".

Related Items

Other Languages & Culturesmære(Anglo-Saxon) mers(Gothic) mērjaz(Old Germanic) mærr(Old Norse)
Given Name DescendantsÆðelmær, Wealdmær, Wilmǣr(Anglo-Saxon) Guiomar(Arthurian Cycle) Aimar(Basque) Otmar(Czech) Hilmar, Valdemar(Danish) Elmer, Wilmer, Aylmer(English) Hilma, Valdemar(Finnish) Dietmar, Elmar, Hilmar, Othmar, Otmar, Ottmar, Siegmar, Volkmar, Waldemar, Ingomar, Ottomar(German) Adelmar, Agimar, Audamar, Baldomar, Egilmar, Folcmar, Fridumar, Hildimar, Ingomar, Othmar, Otmar, Raginmar, Ratamar, Sigimar, Thancmar, Theudemar, Theudemer, Thietmar, Waldemar, Waldomar, Wigmar, Willimar(Germanic) Theodemir, Þiudamers(Gothic) Hilmar(Icelandic) Ademaro, Tammaro(Italian) Elmārs, Voldemārs, Zigmārs(Latvian) Valdemaras, Voldemaras(Lithuanian) Hilmar(Norwegian) Ingumēraz, Þeudōmēraz(Old Germanic) Ingimárr, Valdimárr(Old Norse) Waldemar(Polish) Ademar, Guiomar(Portuguese) Ademir, Vilmar(Portuguese (Brazilian)) Baldomero, Edelmira, Edelmiro, Guiomar, Teodomiro, Xiomara(Spanish) Wilmar, Wilmer(Spanish (Latin American)) Hilma, Ingemar, Ingmar, Valdemar, Vilmer, Wilmer(Swedish)
Surname DescendantsAalmers(Dutch) Aylmer, Elmer, Wilmer(English) Dittmar, Wilmer(German) Hilmarsson(Icelandic) Adimari, Altimari, Tamaro(Italian) Elmersson(Swedish)

Sources & References

  1. Köbler, Gerhard. Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, entry māri, available from https://www.koeblergerhard.de/ahdwbhin.html.
Entry updated December 7, 2022