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AbbomGermanic, Medieval Dutch, Medieval German, Medieval French, Frisian, Finnish Either from Proto-Germanic *abô meaning "husband, man", or a diminutive of Alberich and other names beginning with Old High German alb "elf", as well as a Frisian diminutive of Old High German names beginning with the element adal "noble" and a second element beginning with b (compare Abe 2)... [more]
AccomMedieval German Diminutive of names containing Proto-Germanic *agio "blade".
AdalaldmMedieval German, Old High German (?), Old Saxon (?) Germanic name, in which the first element is adal "noble". The second element may be derived from either Old Saxon wald, Old High German walt meaning "power, authority" (making it a variant of Adalwald) or Old Saxon and Old Frisian ald, Old High German alt meaning "old".
AlberomOld High German, Medieval German Short form of Adalbero or Adelbero, derived from Old High German adal meaning "noble" combined with Old High German and Old Saxon bero meaning "bear", making it a variant of Adalbern.
AlrunafGerman, Medieval German Germanic name, in which the second element was derived from Old High German runa or Old Norse rún meaning "secret lore, rune" (Proto-Germanic *rūnō)... [more]
Brösekem & fMedieval German Medieval German diminutive of both Ambros and Ambrosia. The diminutive suffix -ke suggests that it was probably of Low German origin.
EmichmMedieval German Medieval German contracted form of Emmerich. Known bearers of this name include count Emich IV of Leiningen (c. 1215-1279), bishop Emich I of Worms (born long before 1294, died in 1299) and count Emich I of Nassau-Hadamar (born before 1289, died in 1334).
EmnildafMedieval Slavic, Medieval German, Medieval Polish The name is apparently of Germanic origin. The first part of the name is a little difficult to explain, it can go back to the name element irmin "whole, universal" or to a name element aman related to amal "work, labour"... [more]
EnolfmMedieval German The name Enolf is composed from the Germanic name elements AGIN "edge (of a sword)" and WOLF "wolf".
ErckenmMedieval Dutch, Medieval German Medieval Dutch and medieval (Low) German diminutive of Arnold. It is a diminutive because it contains the medieval diminutive suffix -ken, of which the modern equivalent is -ke in Dutch (though -je is even more modern and commonplace) and -chen in German.
FrankbertmMedieval German Derived from Old High German name “Frankobert”, composed of two elements: *frankô meaning “javelin, free-man, sincere or truthful” but also the name of the tribe called the Franks plus the element beraht meaning “light, bright, shining”.
FredegismMedieval German Derived from Old English friþ, Old High German fridu and Old Saxon frithu "peace" and Proto-Germanic *gaisa and *gaiza "arrow".
GalienafMedieval German, Medieval English Of uncertain origin and meaning. One theory, however, tries to connect this name to Latin Gallus, Galla "inhabitant of Gallia".
GodbaldmMedieval French, Medieval Dutch, Medieval German Derived from Old High German, Old Dutch got and Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Old English god meaning "god, deity" with Old High German bald meaning "bold".
GodhelmmMedieval German, Medieval Dutch, Old Frisian, Medieval English Derived from Old High German, Old Dutch got and Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Old English god meaning "god, deity" and Old High German, Old Saxon helm and Old English helma meaning "helmet".
GodmarmMedieval English, Medieval French, Medieval German Derived from Old High German, Old Dutch got and Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Old English god meaning "god, deity" and Old High German, Old Saxon māri from Proto-Germanic *mērijaz meaning "famous".
HainmMedieval German, Limburgish (Rare) Short form of Hainrich, which still survives in Limburgish (specifically the dialect of Kerkrade, which is located on the border with Germany).... [more]
HannomMedieval German, German (Rare) A short form of German names containing the name element han. The name element is explained as "cock" (modern German Hahn) or as "Singer".
HasalafMedieval German Probably a hypochoristic form of names containing the name element hadu "battle, combat". In Old High German, the word hasala means "hazel", but I don't think that this is the etymology of the name.
HazechafMedieval German A diminutive form of names with the secondary German name element HAZ derived from the Germanic name element HAD "battle, combat".... [more]
HezelomMedieval German, Medieval French A hypocoristic of any of various names beginning with Old Saxon hētha, Old High German heida and Gothic haiþi meaning "heath". Hezelo, as well as Hezel, can also be a Middle High German diminutive of either Herman or Henry.
HildesindefMedieval German, Medieval French Derived from Old High German hiltja meaning "battle" and Old Saxon swīth, Gothic swinþs from Proto-Germanic *swinþaz meaning "strong".
HuochingmMedieval German Förstemann derives this name from the stem hôc that he relates to the Old Norse word hoekingr "sword, that cuts off the extremities".... [more]
HusafMedieval German The origin of this name is unknown. The name resembles the German word Haus (dialectal: Hus) "house".
IsmeriafMedieval English, Medieval German, Spanish Quasi-Marian name connected to the devotion of Notre Dame de Liesse in Picardy. According to the legend, Ismeria ("the Black Madonna") was a Moorish girl who converted to Christianity and released the crusaders captivated by her father because of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary.... [more]
KasperlmMedieval German, Folklore, Theatre Diminutive of Kasper. This name fell out of use a long time ago, possibly due to close association with the famous character from German puppet theatre. In this day and age, the name only survives as a patronymic surname.
Küngoldf & mMedieval German Meaning uncertain. This name might possibly be a combination of ancient Germanic kuni meaning "clan, family" with medieval German gold or golt meaning "gold".
KunhausfMedieval German Formed from the name elements KUN "kin" and HAUS (with unclear meaning, see Husa).