Old High German Origin Names

This is a list of names in which the origin is Old High German. Old High German was a West Germanic language spoken in southern Germany.
gender
usage
origin
Leudbald m Germanic
Old German form of Leopold.
Leutbert m Germanic
Old German form of Lubbert.
Leutgar m Germanic
Old German form of Ludger.
Leutgard f Germanic
Old German form of Luitgard.
Leuthar m Germanic
Old German name composed of the elements liut "people" and heri "army".
Leutwin m Germanic
Old German name derived from the elements liut "people" and wini "friend". Saint Leutwin (or Leudwinus) was an 8th-century bishop of Trier.
Levin m German
German form of Leobwin.
Lew 1 m English
Short form of Lewis.
Lewis m English
Medieval English form of Louis. A famous bearer was Lewis Carroll (1832-1898), the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. This was also the surname of C. S. Lewis (1898-1963), the author of the Chronicles of Narnia series.
Liam m Irish, English, French (Modern), Dutch (Modern), German (Modern), Swedish (Modern), Norwegian (Modern)
Irish short form of William. It became popular in the United Kingdom in the 1980s, and elsewhere in Europe and the Americas after that. It was the top ranked name for boys in the United States beginning in 2017. Famous bearers include British actor Liam Neeson (1952-), British musician Liam Gallagher (1972-), and Australian actor Liam Hemsworth (1990-).
Liba f Yiddish
From Yiddish ליבע (libe) meaning "love".
Lieber m Yiddish
From Yiddish ליבע (libe) meaning "love".
Lien f Dutch
Short form of Carolien and other names ending in lien.
Lieve f Flemish
Short form of Godelieve.
Lieven m Flemish
Flemish form of Leobwin.
Lievin m Flemish
Flemish form of Leobwin.
Liina f Estonian, Finnish
Short form of Karoliina.
Lili f German, French, Hungarian
German, French and Hungarian diminutive of Elisabeth and other names containing li. It is also sometimes connected to the German word lilie meaning "lily".
Lilo f German
Short form of Liselotte.
Lilou f French
Either a diminutive of French names containing the sound lee or a combination of Lili and Louise.
Lily-Rose f English
Combination of Lily and Rose.
Linda f English, German, Dutch, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, French, Latvian, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Germanic
Originally a medieval short form of Germanic names containing the element lind meaning "soft, flexible, tender" (Proto-Germanic *linþaz). It also coincides with the Spanish and Portuguese word linda meaning "beautiful". In the English-speaking world this name experienced a spike in popularity beginning in the 1930s, peaking in the late 1940s, and declining shortly after that. It was the most popular name for girls in the United States from 1947 to 1952.
Linde f Dutch
Dutch variant of Linda.
Linden m & f English
From a German and Dutch surname that was derived from Old High German linta meaning "linden tree".
Lindy m & f English
Originally this was a masculine name, coming into use in America in 1927 when the dance called the Lindy Hop became popular. The dance was probably named for aviator Charles Lindbergh. Later this name was used as a diminutive of Linda.
Line f Danish, Norwegian, French
Short form of Caroline and other names ending in line.
Linn f Swedish, Norwegian
Short form of Linnéa and other names containing the same sound.
Linnet f English (Rare)
Either a variant of Lynette or else from the name of the small bird, a type of finch.
Linnie f English
Diminutive of Linda and other names beginning with Lin.
Linza f Germanic
Old German form of Linda.
Liselot f Dutch
Dutch variant of Liselotte.
Liselott f Swedish
Swedish variant of Liselotte.
Lisha f English
Short form of Alicia, Felicia and other names ending with the same sound.
Liudvika f Lithuanian
Lithuanian feminine form of Ludwig.
Liudvikas m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Ludwig.
Liupold m Germanic
Old German form of Leopold.
Liùsaidh f Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of Lucia or Louisa.
Liutgard f Germanic
Old German variant of Leutgard.
Lluís m Catalan
Catalan form of Louis.
Lluïsa f Catalan
Catalan feminine form of Louis.
Lo f Swedish
Short form of Lovisa and other names beginning with Lo.
Lodewijk m Dutch
Dutch form of Ludwig.
Lodovico m Italian
Italian form of Ludwig.
Loes f Dutch
Feminine diminutive of Lodewijk.
Lohengrin m Arthurian Cycle
From the earlier form Loherangrin, derived from Lothringen, the German name for the region of Lorraine. It appears in Arthurian legend, initially in the 13th-century German poem Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach, belonging to a son of the knight Parzival. The tales were adapted by Richard Wagner for his opera Lohengrin (1850).
Loherangrin m Arthurian Cycle
Form of Lohengrin used by the 13th-century German poet Wolfram von Eschenbach.
Loïc m French, Breton
Breton form of Louis.
Loís m Occitan
Occitan form of Louis.
Lois 2 m Galician
Galician form of Louis.
Lojze m Slovene
Short form of Alojz.
Loraine f English
Variant of Lorraine.
Loránd m Hungarian
Hungarian form of Roland.
Lóránt m Hungarian
Hungarian form of Roland.
Lorayne f English
Variant of Lorraine.
Lorena 1 f Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian
Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Romanian form of Lorraine.
Lori f English
Diminutive of Laura, Lorraine and other names beginning with Lor. This name rapidly rose in popularity in the United States in the 1950s and 60s, peaking in the 8th spot for girls in 1963.
Lorie f English
Variant of Lori.
Lorinda f English
Elaboration of Lori with the popular name suffix inda.
Lorraine f English
From the name of a region in eastern France, originally meaning "kingdom of Lothar". Lothar was a Frankish king, the great-grandson of Charlemagne, whose realm was in the part of France that is now called Lorraine, or in German Lothringen (from Latin Lothari regnum). As a given name, it has been used in the English-speaking world since the late 19th century, perhaps due to its similar sound with Laura. It became popular after World War I when the region was in the news, as it was contested between Germany and France.
Lorri f English
Variant of Lori.
Lorrie f English
Variant of Lori.
Lot 3 f Dutch
Short form of Charlotte or Liselotte.
Lotario m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Lothar.
Lothair m History
English form of Lothar.
Lothaire m French
French form of Lothar.
Lothar m German, Germanic
From the Germanic name Hlothar meaning "famous army", derived from the elements hlut "famous, loud" and heri "army". This was the name of medieval Frankish rulers of the Holy Roman Empire, Italy and France. It was also borne by four earlier Merovingian kings of the Franks, though their names are usually spelled as Chlothar.
Lotta f Swedish, Finnish
Short form of Charlotta.
Lou f & m English, French
Short form of Louise or Louis. Famous bearers include the baseball player Lou Gehrig (1903-1941) and the musician Lou Reed (1942-2013).
Louane f French
Combination of Lou and Anne 1.
Louella f English
Combination of Lou and the popular name suffix ella.
Loui m Swedish, Danish
Swedish and Danish variant of Louie.
Louie m English
Diminutive of Louis.
Louis m French, English, Dutch
French form of Ludovicus, the Latinized form of Ludwig. This was the name of 18 kings of France, starting with Louis I the son of Charlemagne. Others include Louis IX (Saint Louis) who led two crusades and Louis XIV (called the Sun King) who was the ruler of France during the height of its power, the builder of the Palace of Versailles, and the longest reigning monarch in the history of Europe. It was also borne by kings of Germany (as Ludwig), Hungary (as Lajos), and other places.... [more]
Louisa f English, German, Dutch
Latinate feminine form of Louis. A famous bearer was the American novelist Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888), the author of Little Women.
Louise f French, English, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, German
French feminine form of Louis.
Louisette f French
Diminutive of Louise.
Louison f & m French
French diminutive of both Louise and Louis.
Louiza f Greek
Greek feminine form of Louis.
Louwis m Walloon
Walloon form of Louis.
Lova f Swedish
Short form of Lovisa.
Love 1 m Swedish
Swedish form of Louis.
Loviisa f Finnish
Finnish feminine form of Louis.
Loviise f Estonian
Estonian feminine form of Louis.
Lovis f Swedish
Variant of Lovisa.
Lovisa f Swedish
Swedish feminine form of Louis.
Lovise f Norwegian
Norwegian feminine form of Louis.
Lowe m Swedish
Variant of Love 1.
Lowie m Dutch
Dutch form of Louis.
Luann f English
Either a combination of Lou and Ann or a variant of Luana. It was popularized in the 1950s by the singer Lu Ann Simms (1933-2003).
Luanna f English (Rare)
Either a combination of Lou and Anna or a variant of Luana.
Luanne f English
Variant of Luann.
Lubbert m Dutch
Dutch form of the Old German name Leutbert, derived from the elements liut "people" and beraht "bright". Liutbert (or Liutpert) was an 8th-century Lombard king.
Lucho m Spanish
Diminutive of Luis.
Luĉjo m Esperanto
Esperanto diminutive of Ludwig.
Ludde m Swedish
Swedish diminutive of Ludvig.
Luděk m Czech
Diminutive of Ludvík and other names beginning with Lud.
Ludger m German
From the Old German name Leutgar, which was derived from the elements liut "people" and ger "spear". Saint Ludger was an 8th-century Frisian Benedictine bishop who founded a monastery at Munster.
Ludis m Latvian
Latvian form of Ludwig.
Ludivine f French
Possibly from a feminine form of Leutwin. It was popularized in the 1970s by a character from the French miniseries Les Gens de Mogador.
Ludo m Flemish
Short form of Ludovicus or Ludolf.
Ludolf m German (Rare), Germanic
From the Old German name Hludolf, which was composed of the elements hlut meaning "famous, loud" and wolf meaning "wolf". Saint Ludolf (or Ludolph) was a 13th-century bishop of Ratzeburg.
Ludovic m French
French form of Ludovicus, the Latinized form of Ludwig. This was the name of an 1833 opera by the French composer Fromental Halévy.
Ludovica f Italian
Italian feminine form of Ludwig.
Ludovico m Italian
Italian form of Ludwig.
Ludovicus m Germanic (Latinized), Dutch
Latinized form of Hludwig (see Ludwig). This form is also used as a baptismal name by Dutch and Flemish speakers, though it is commonly rendered Lodewijk in daily life.
Ludoviko m Esperanto
Esperanto form of Ludwig. This is the Esperanto name of the philologist Ludwig Zamenhof (1859-1917), the creator of the Esperanto language.
Ľudovít m Slovak
Possibly originally a form of Ljudevit, though it is now considered to be the Slovak form of Ludwig.
Ludvig m Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Scandinavian form of Ludwig.
Ludvigs m Latvian
Latvian form of Ludwig.
Ludvík m Czech
Czech form of Ludwig.
Ludvik m Slovene
Slovene form of Ludwig.
Ludwig m German
From the Germanic name Hludwig meaning "famous in battle", composed of the elements hlut "famous, loud" and wig "war, battle". This was the name of three Merovingian kings of the Franks (though their names are usually spelled as Clovis) as well as several Carolingian kings and Holy Roman emperors (names often spelled in the French form Louis). Other famous bearers include the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) and the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), who contributed to logic and the philosophy of language.
Ludwik m Polish
Polish form of Ludwig.
Ludwika f Polish
Polish feminine form of Ludwig.
Luella f English
Variant of Louella.
Luigi m Italian
Italian form of Louis. It has been borne by five prime ministers of Italy since the 19th century. This is also the name of Mario's brother in Nintendo video games (debuting 1983), called ルイージ (Ruīji) in Japanese.
Luigia f Italian
Italian feminine form of Louis.
Luigina f Italian
Diminutive of Luigia.
Luigino m Italian
Diminutive of Luigi.
Luís m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Louis.
Luis m Spanish
Spanish form of Louis.
Luísa f Portuguese
Feminine form of Luís.
Luisa f Spanish, Italian
Feminine form of Luis.
Luis Ángel m Spanish
Combination of Luis and Ángel.
Luise f German
German form of Louise.
Luisella f Italian
Diminutive of Luisa.
Luisina f Spanish
Diminutive of Luisa.
Luisinho m Portuguese
Portuguese diminutive of Luís or Luiz.
Luisita f Spanish
Diminutive of Luisa.
Luisito m Spanish
Diminutive of Luis.
Luitgard f German
From the Old German name Leutgard, which was derived from the elements liut "people" and gart "enclosure, yard". It was borne by Charlemagne's fifth and last wife. This was also the name of a 13th-century Flemish nun, the patron saint of easy deliveries.
Luitpold m German (Archaic)
German variant of Leopold.
Luiz m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Brazilian Portuguese form of Louis.
Luiza f Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Romanian
Polish, Portuguese and Romanian feminine form of Louis.
Luīze f Latvian
Latvian form of Louise.
Lujza f Hungarian, Slovak
Hungarian and Slovak feminine form of Louis.
Lula 1 f English
Diminutive of Louise and names that begin with Lu.
Lulu 1 f English, German
Diminutive of names beginning with Lou or Lu, such as Louise or Lucinda.
Lutgard f Flemish
Variant of Lutgarde.
Lutgarde f Flemish
Dutch (Flemish) form of Luitgard.
Lutgardis f Germanic (Latinized), Flemish
Latinized form of Leutgard (see Luitgard). In Flanders this form of the name is common on birth certificates, but it is usually rendered Lutgarde in daily life.
Luther m English
From a German surname, itself derived from the Old German given name Leuthar. The surname was borne by Martin Luther (1483-1546), a monk and theologian who started the Protestant Reformation by nailing his famous 95 theses to a church door. It has since been used as a given name in his honour, especially among Protestants. A notable bearer from the modern era was the American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968).
Lúðvík m Icelandic
Icelandic form of Ludwig.
Lutz m German
German diminutive of Ludwig.
Lyam m French (Modern)
French variant of Liam.
Lylou f French
Variant of Lilou.
Lyn f English
Variant of Lynn.
Lynda f English
Variant of Linda.
Lynette f English, Arthurian Cycle
Form of Lynet used by Alfred Tennyson in his 1872 poem Gareth and Lynette. According to Tennyson, Gareth and Lynette were eventually married. In modern times it is also regarded as a diminutive of Lynn.
Lynn f & m English
From an English surname that was derived from Welsh llyn meaning "lake". Before the start of the 20th century it was primarily used for boys, but it has since come to be more common for girls. In some cases it may be thought of as a short form of Linda or names that end in lyn or line.
Lynna f English (Rare)
Elaborated form of Lynn.
Lynne f English
Variant of Lynn.
Lynnette f English
Variant of Lynette.
Lyssa 1 f English
Short form of Alyssa.
Maan m Limburgish
Limburgish short form of Herman.
Machteld f Dutch
Dutch form of Matilda.
Maddie f English
Diminutive of Madeline or Madison.
Maddy f English
Diminutive of Madeline or Madison.
Madi f English
Diminutive of Madeline or Madison.
Madison f & m English
From an English surname meaning "son of Maud". It was not commonly used as a feminine name until after the movie Splash (1984), in which the main character adopted it as her name after seeing a street sign for Madison Avenue in New York City. It was ranked second for girls in the United States by 2001. This rise from obscurity to prominence in only 18 years represents an unprecedented 550,000 percent increase in usage.... [more]
Mafalda f Portuguese, Italian, Spanish
Originally a medieval Portuguese form of Matilda. This name was borne by the wife of Afonso, the first king of Portugal. In modern times it was the name of the titular character in a popular Argentine comic strip (published from 1964 to 1973) by Quino.
Mahali 2 m Germanic
Old German form of Melle.
Mahaut f Medieval French
Medieval French form of Mathilde.
Mahthilt f Germanic
Old German form of Matilda.
Major m English
From an English surname that was originally derived from the given name Mauger, a Norman French form of the Germanic name Malger meaning "council spear". The name can also be given in reference to the English word major.
Maldwyn m Welsh
From Maldwyn, another name for the old Welsh county of Montgomeryshire. It is so called from Trefaldwyn, the Welsh name for the county town of Montgomery, misinterpreting it as if meaning "town of Maldwyn". In fact it means "town of Baldwin" (in Welsh both m and b mutate to f).
Malger m Germanic
Derived from the Old German elements mahal meaning "meeting, assembly, court" and ger meaning "spear".
Mallt f Welsh
Welsh form of Matilda.
Malou f Danish
Short form of Marie-Louise.
Malte m Danish, Swedish, German
Danish short form of the Old German name Helmold. This name was used by the Austrian author Rainer Maria Rilke for the title character in his novel The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (1910).
Malthe m Danish
Variant of Malte.
Managold m Germanic
Old German name derived from the elements manag "many" and walt "power, authority".
Manfred m German, Dutch, Polish, Germanic
Derived from the Old German elements man "man" and fridu "peace". It was borne by a 13th-century king of Sicily. Another notable bearer was Manfred von Richthofen (1892-1918), the World War I pilot known as the Red Baron. This is also the name of the main character in Lord Byron's drama Manfred (1817).
Manfredi m Italian
Southern Italian form of Manfred.
Manfredo m Italian
Italian form of Manfred.
Manfried m German (Rare)
German variant of Manfred.
Mannes m Dutch
Dutch diminutive of Herman.
Manno m Germanic
Originally a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element man meaning "person, man" (Proto-Germanic *mannô).
María Luisa f Spanish
Combination of María and Luisa.
María Rosa f Spanish
Combination of María and Rosa 1.
Marie-Louise f French
Combination of Marie and Louise.
Marie-Rose f French
Combination of Marie and Rose.
Marilou f French, English, Spanish (Philippines)
Combination of Maria and Louise. In the Philippines it is usually a combination of Maria and Lourdes.
Marilyne f French
Combination of Marie and Line.
Marisa f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese combination of Maria and Luisa.
Marisela f Spanish
Elaborated form of Marisa.
Marissa f English
Variant of Marisa.
Marloes f Dutch
Combination of Maria and Loes.
Maryline f French
Combination of Marie and Line.
Mary Lou f English
Combination of Mary and Lou.
Marylou f English
Combination of Mary and Lou.
Maryvonne f French
Combination of Marie and Yvonne.
Mathilde f French, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish
Form of Matilda in several languages.
Matild f Hungarian
Hungarian form of Matilda.
Matilda f English, Swedish, Finnish, Slovak, Slovene
From the Germanic name Mahthilt meaning "strength in battle", from the elements maht "might, strength" and hilt "battle". Saint Matilda was the wife of the 10th-century German king Henry I the Fowler. The name was common in many branches of European royalty in the Middle Ages. It was brought to England by the Normans, being borne by the wife of William the Conqueror himself. Another notable royal by this name was a 12th-century daughter of Henry I of England, known as the Empress Matilda because of her first marriage to the Holy Roman emperor Henry V. She later invaded England, laying the foundations for the reign of her son Henry II.... [more]
Matilde f Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Matilda.
Mattie f & m English
Diminutive of Matilda or Matthew.
Matylda f Czech, Polish
Czech and Polish form of Matilda.
Maud f English, French, Dutch, Swedish
Medieval English and French form of Matilda. Though it became rare after the 14th century, it was revived and once more grew popular in the 19th century, perhaps due to Alfred Tennyson's 1855 poem Maud.
Maude f English, French
Variant of Maud.
Maudie f English
Diminutive of Maud.
Maynard m English
From an English surname that was derived from the Old German given name Meginhard.
Mechteld f Dutch
Dutch form of Matilda.
Mechthild f German
German form of Matilda.
Meginfrid m Germanic
Derived from the Old German elements megin "power, strength" and fridu "peace".
Meginhard m Germanic
Derived from the Old German elements megin "power, strength" and hart "hard, firm, brave, hardy". This was the name of a 12th-century saint, a bishop of Livonia.
Meginrat m Germanic
Old German form of Meinrad.
Meinard m Dutch (Rare)
Dutch variant form of Meginhard.
Meindert m Dutch
Dutch form of Meginhard.
Meine m Frisian, Dutch
Originally a Frisian short form of names beginning with the Old German element megin meaning "power, strength" (Proto-Germanic *mageną).
Meinhard m German, Germanic
German form of Meginhard.
Meino m Germanic
Old German form of Meine.
Meinrad m German, Germanic
Derived from the Old German elements megin "power, strength" and rat "counsel, advice". Saint Meinrad was a 9th-century hermit who founded the Benedictine abbey at Einsiedeln in Switzerland.
Meint m Dutch
Variant of Meine.
Meintje f Dutch
Feminine form of Meine.
Melle m Dutch
Originally a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element mahal meaning "meeting, assembly, court" (Proto-Germanic *maþlą).
Mendel m Yiddish
Originally this was probably a Yiddish diminutive of Manno. It is now used as a diminutive of Menahem.
Menno m Dutch
Diminutive of Meine.
Mien f Dutch
Dutch short form of Wilhelmina.
Miina f Finnish
Short form of Vilhelmiina.
Milou f Dutch
Short form of Marie-Louise. This is the name of a (male) dog in the French-language Belgian comic series The Adventures of Tintin by Hergé, first appearing in 1929. He is named Snowy in the English version and Bobbie in the Dutch version.
Mina 1 f English, Dutch
Short form of Wilhelmina and other names ending in mina. This was the name of a character in the novel Dracula (1897) by Bram Stoker.
Minke m & f Frisian, Dutch
Diminutive and feminine form of Meine.
Minna f German (Archaic), Finnish, Swedish
Means "love" in Old German, specifically medieval courtly love. It is also used as a short form of Wilhelmina. This is the name of the title character in the play Minna von Barnhelm (1767) by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.
Minnie f English
Diminutive of Wilhelmina. This name was used by Walt Disney for the cartoon character Minnie Mouse, introduced 1928.
Moncho m Spanish
Diminutive of Ramón.
Monet f & m Various
From a French surname that was derived from either Hamon or Edmond. This was the surname of the French impressionist painter Claude Monet (1840-1926).
Monte m English, Armenian
Either a diminutive of Montgomery or from the Spanish or Italian vocabulary word meaning "mountain". Its use as an Armenian name is inspired by the Armenian-American revolutionary Monte Melkonian (1957-1993).
Montgomery m English
From an English surname meaning "Gumarich's mountain" in Norman French. A notable bearer of this surname was Bernard Montgomery (1887-1976), a British army commander during World War II.
Monty m English
Variant of Monte.
Naldo m Italian (Rare)
Short form of names ending in naldo, such as Rinaldo or Arnaldo.
Neer m Limburgish
Short form of Reneer.
Nello m Italian
Short form of names ending in nello, such as Brunello or Antonello.
Nero 2 m Italian
Short form of Raniero. It also coincides with the Italian word nero meaning "black".
Nilda f Spanish, Portuguese
Short form of Brunilda.
Nöl m Limburgish
Limburgish short form of Arnold.
Nölke m Limburgish
Limburgish diminutive of Arnold.
Nor 2 m Limburgish
Short form of Norbaer.
Norbaer m Limburgish
Limburgish form of Norbert. Its spelling has been influenced by the French pronunciation of Norbert.
Norbert m German, English, Dutch, French, Hungarian, Polish, Slovak, Germanic
Derived from the Old German elements nord meaning "north" and beraht meaning "bright". This was the name of an 11th-century German saint who made many reforms within the Church.
Norberto m Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Norbert.
Norm m English
Short form of Norman.
Norma f English, Italian, Literature
Created by Felice Romani for the main character in the opera Norma (1831). He may have based it on Latin norma "rule". This name is also frequently used as a feminine form of Norman.
Norman m English, Germanic
From an old Germanic byname meaning "northman", referring to a Scandinavians. The Normans were Vikings who settled on the coast of France, in the region that became known as Normandy. In England the name Norman or Normant was used before the Norman Conquest, first as a nickname for Scandinavian settlers and later as a given name. After the Conquest it became more common, but died out around the 14th century. It was revived in the 19th century, perhaps in part due to a character by this name in C. M. Yonge's 1856 novel The Daisy Chain. Famous bearers include the American painter Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) and the American author Norman Mailer (1923-2007).
Normina f English (Rare)
Elaborated form of Norma.
Noud m Dutch
Short form of Arnoud.
Nout m Dutch
Short form of Arnout.
Oberon m Literature
Variant of Auberon. Oberon and Titania are the king and queen of the fairies in Shakespeare's comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595). A moon of Uranus bears this name in his honour.
Oda f German, Norwegian, Germanic
Feminine form of Otto. This was the name of a semi-legendary 8th-century saint who lived as a hermit in Brabant in the Netherlands.
Odalgar m Germanic
Derived from the Old German elements uodil "heritage" and ger "spear".
Odalis f & m Spanish (Latin American)
Possibly an elaboration of Odilia used in Latin America. In most countries it is a feminine name, but in the Dominican Republic it is commonly masculine.
Odalric m Germanic
Old German form of Ulrich.
Oddo m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Otto.
Ode m Medieval English
Medieval English form of Odo.
Odelia 2 f Hebrew
Means "I will thank Yahweh" in Hebrew. This is a modern Hebrew name probably inspired by Odelia 1.
Odeta f Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Odette.
Odett f Hungarian
Hungarian form of Odette.
Odetta f English (Rare)
Latinate form of Odette.
Odette f French
French diminutive of Oda or Odilia. This is the name of a princess who has been transformed into a swan in the ballet Swan Lake (1877) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Odila f Germanic
Old German form of Odilia.
Odile f French
French form of Odilia.
Odilia f Germanic (Latinized)
Derived from the Old German element uodil meaning "heritage" or ot meaning "wealth, fortune". Saint Odilia (or Odila) was an 8th-century nun who is considered the patron saint of Alsace. She was apparently born blind but gained sight when she was baptized.
Odilo m Germanic
Masculine form of Odilia. Saint Odilo (or Odilon) was an 11th-century abbot of Cluny in France.
Odilon m French
French form of Odilo.
Odo m Germanic
Variant of Otto. This form is typically Frankish, and used when referring to historical bearers from medieval France. It was the name of a 9th-century king of the West Franks. Another notable bearer was Saint Odo, a 10th-century abbot of Cluny.
Ogier m Carolingian Cycle
French form of Audagar. In La Chanson de Roland and other medieval French romances, this is the name of one of Charlemagne's knights. He is said to be from Denmark, and is sometimes called Holger.
Oldřich m Czech
Czech form of Ulrich.
Oldrich m Slovak
Slovak form of Ulrich.
Oldřiška f Czech
Czech feminine form of Ulrich.
Olegário m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Olegario.
Olegario m Spanish
From Olegarius, the Latinized form of a Germanic name, possibly Aldegar or a metathesized form of Odalgar. This was the name of a 12th-century saint, a bishop of Barcelona.
Oleguer m Catalan
Catalan form of Olegario.