Amalberga
Amalberga is a female given name of Germanic origin.
Origin and meaning of the name
Amalberga is derived from two components: amal : Gothic name (the man Amal was the progenitor of the Ostrogothic Amaler ). In addition, ( Gothic ) amals can be translated as “brave, active”. bairgan : ( Gothic ) "to rescue, preserve, preserve, protect".
In fact, the name as Amalabairga is documented in Gothic as early as the 6th century .
The Amaler were an Ostrogothic ruling dynasty from which, for example, Theodoric the Great (471-526) descended. The influence of the Amals in their time was very great, but the Amal family died out with King Theodahad in 536.
Other forms of name
Amalaberga, Amalaberge, Amalaburg, Amalberg, Amalberge, Amalburg, Amalburga, Amalburge, Aldburg, Altburg. Short forms of it, which are used as first names today: Alma, Amelia, Amelie , Amalia or Amalie .
name day
Well-known namesake
- Amalberga von Maubeuge , nun and duchess (7th century). Remembrance day: July 10th.
- Amalberga of Ghent , nun and mystic (8th century). Remembrance day: July 10th.
- Amalberga von Susteren , also Amalberge, Amalberg or Alma († around 900). Lived until 900 as a Benedictine and first abbess of Susteren Abbey , Netherlands . Her relics are also there . Remembrance Day: November 21.
- Amalaberga , daughter of Amalafrida , wife of the Vandal king Thrasamund , and niece of the Ostrogoth king Theodoric ; Before 510 married to King Herminafried (also Hermanfried , Hermenfried , Hermenefried , Ermenfried , Irminfried or -fred and -frid , † 533) of Thuringia, mother of Amalafrid and one daughter
literature
- Moritz Schönfeld : Dictionary of Old Germanic names of persons and peoples . Heidelberg 1911, p. 15. online