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Meaning & History
This is the name of a tyrant in the 16th-century Italian epic poem Orlando Furioso written by the Italian poet Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533). It was invented by the author, who used as a base the Greek verb μαργαίνω (margaino) meaning "to rage, to be mad". The name is also a play on (Doric) Greek names like Aganor and Philanor, where the second element is ultimately derived from the Greek noun ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man". As a result, the name Marganore essentially means "madman".