Sunifred or Sunifredo is a
Germanic[From ]Proto-Germanic
Proto-Germanic (abbreviated PGmc; also called Common Germanic) is the linguistic reconstruction, reconstructed proto-language of the Germanic languages, Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages.
Proto-Germanic eventually developed from ...
*''sun(no)'' ("sun") + *''friþ(uz)'' ("love, friendship, peace"). given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
, probably of
Gothic origin, the name of two counts of Urgell, one of whom was also count of Barcelona:
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Suniefred (fl. 690s), Visigoth who carried out a rebellion against the Visigothic king Egica
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Sunifred II of Ampurias (c. 840–915)
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Sunifred, Count of Barcelona (844–848)
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Sunifred II, Count of Urgell (911–948)
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Lupitus of Barcelona may be identified with a Christian monk named Sunifred
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Germanic given names