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Ariodante m Carolingian Cycle, Literature, Theatre, Italian (Rare)
This is the name of an Italian knight from canto V of the 16th-century epic poem Orlando furioso written by the Italian poet Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533). Two centuries later, the character became the subject of George Frideric Handel's opera seria Ariodante (1735).... [more]

Aymon m Medieval French, Medieval Occitan, Carolingian Cycle, Literature, French (Rare), Guernésiais
French form of Haimo. Also compare Hamon.... [more]

Elegast m Carolingian Cycle, Literature, Dutch (Rare)
Means "noble guest", derived from the Middle Dutch adjective edel meaning "noble" combined with the Middle Dutch noun gast meaning "guest".... [more]

Fioravante m Italian (Rare), Medieval Italian, Literature, Carolingian Cycle
Meaning uncertain, perhaps from Floriven, the Old Occitan form of Floovant. This was the name of the eldest son of the king of France in I Reali di Francia by Andrea da Barberino (c... [more]

Flordespina f Carolingian Cycle, Literature
This name is borne by a character in Francisco de Barahona's Flor de caballerías (1599). The name is thought to be derived from Spanish flor de espina "thorn flower; hawthorn flower"... [more]

Gériaume m Carolingian Cycle, Literature
Medieval French form of Gerhelm.... [more]

Marganore m Carolingian Cycle, Literature
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"... [more]

Marsilion m Carolingian Cycle, Literature
Marsilion was the name of the Muslim Saracen king who attacked the rear guard of King Charlemagne in "La Chanson de Roland." He was given this oppurtunity through the treachery of Count Ganelon, a French knight in the service of Charlemagne... [more]

Medoro m Carolingian Cycle, Literature, Theatre
Used by the poet Ariosto in his 16th-century epic Orlando Furioso, where it belongs to a Saracen or Moorish knight who falls in love with the princess Angelica.

Morgante m Carolingian Cycle, Literature, Medieval Italian
From the name of the eponymous character of the epic poem Morgante (1478) written by the Italian poet Luigi Pulci (1432-1484). In the poem, Morgante is a giant who is converted to Christianity by the knight Orlando and subsequently becomes his loyal follower.... [more]

Polinesso m Carolingian Cycle, Literature, Theatre
The first element of this name is derived from Greek πολύς (polys) meaning "many, much". The second element is derived from either Italian nesso meaning "connection, link, nexus" or from Greek νῆσος (nesos) meaning "island"... [more]

Rabicano m Carolingian Cycle, Literature
Means "white tail", derived from Spanish rabo "tail" and Spanish cano "white". The original word described a horse with white hairs in its tail, though nowadays rabicano refers to a certain coat color for horses, specifically in roans... [more]

Sunyer m Carolingian Cycle, Medieval Catalan
Allegedly derived from Proto-Germanic *sunjō, meaning "truth, protest". It was borne by two counts of Empúries, modern-day Empordà, in Catalonia.

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