85%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Germanic [1] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Germanic name, derived from the elements alt "old" and gunda "war". Alternatively, it could be a metathesized form of Adalgund. Saint Aldegund (or Aldegundis or Adelgundis) was a 7th-century Frankish abbess at Maubeuge. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantsAdalgund, Adelgundis, AldegundisOther Languages & CulturesEaldgyð(Anglo-Saxon) Aldegonda(Dutch) Aldith, Aldus(Medieval English) Categories elderly, nobility, old people, saints, war Sources & References Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 60.
