Odoacer

Gender Masculine
Usage Gothic (Latinized) [1]
Scripts 饜尠饜尶饜尦饜尠饜崊饜尠饜尯饜崅饜崈(Gothic)
Pronounced Pron. /藢o蕣d.o蕣.藞e瑟.s蓹晒/(American English) /藢蓲d.蓹蕣.藞e瑟.s蓹/(British English)  [key路simplify]

Meaning & History

From the Gothic name *Audawakrs meaning "wealthy and vigilant", derived from the elements auds "wealth" and wakrs "vigilant". Odoacer, sometimes called Odovacar, was a 5th-century Gothic leader who overthrew the last Western Roman emperor and became the first barbarian king of Italy.

Related Names

Rootsauds + wakrs
VariantsAudawakrs, Audovacar, Odovacar
Other Languages & CulturesOtakar, Otokar(Czech) Ottokar(German) Odoacre(Italian)

People think this name is

classic   mature   formal   upper class   devious   strong   strange   complex   serious  

Categories

leaders, watchful, wealth

Sources & References

  1. Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 202.
Entry updated December 1, 2024