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Enguerrand II Of Boves
Enguerrand (or Engrand, Ingrand) is a medieval French name, derived from a Germanic name ''Engilram'' (''Engelram'', ''Ingelram''), from ''Angil'', the tribal name of the Angles, and ''hramn'' "raven". The Old Frankish name is recorded in various forms during the 8th to 11th centuries, the oldest attestation being ''Angalramnus'', the name of a bishop of Metz of the 8th century; other forms include ''Angilrammus'', ''Angelramnus'', ''Ingalramnus'', ''Ingilramnus'', ''Ingelranmus'', Engilramnus, ''Engilhram'', ''Engilram'', ''Engelram'' and ''Hengelrannus''.E. Förstemann, ''Altdeutsches Namenbuch'' (1856)96f The Old French form ''Enguerran(d)'' is recorded as borne by a number of high medieval noblemen of Picardy. The name was taken to England with the Norman Conquest, and was adopted there as Ingram (given name), Ingram by the late medieval period. The name was also conflated with a number of distinct, similar-sounding Germanic names, such as ''Ingerman'', which has as its first el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germanic Name
Germanic given names are traditionally dithematic; that is, they are formed from two elements, by joining a prefix and a suffix. For example, King Æþelred's name was derived from ', for "noble", and ', for "counsel". However, there are also names dating from an early time which seem to be monothematic, consisting only of a single element. These are sometimes explained as hypocorisms, short forms of originally dithematic names, but in many cases the etymology of the supposed original name cannot be recovered. The oldest known Germanic names date to the Roman Empire period, such as those of '' Arminius'' and his wife ''Thusnelda'' in the 1st century, and in greater frequency, especially Gothic names, in the late Roman Empire, in the 4th to 5th centuries (the Germanic Heroic Age). A great variety of names are attested from the medieval period, falling into the rough categories of Scandinavian (Old Norse), Anglo-Saxon (Old English), continental (Frankish, Old High German and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |