Save Gender Masculine Usage Germanic [1] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Old German name composed of the elements wig "battle" and hart "hard, firm, brave, hardy", a cognate of Wigheard. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Rootswig + hartOther Languages & CulturesWigheard(Anglo-Saxon) Wyot(Medieval English) Categories brave, courage, war Sources & References Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 1583.