Amandus
Amandus is a male given name that was hardly ever given after the 19th century.
Origin and meaning
Amandus goes back to the gerundive amandus, -a, -um of the Latin verb amare (dt. To love) and thus means the one to be loved , the lovable.
Memorial days
- February 6th - A. of Maastricht
- June 18 - A. of Bordeaux
- October 26th - A. von Worms
variants
Name bearer
- Antiquity
- Amandus (Bagaudenführer) († 286?), Rebel against Emperor Diocletian
- Amandus (4th century), fleet leader under Emperor Licinius, see Abantus
- Holy bishops
- Amandus of Strasbourg , saint, Bishop of Strasbourg († around 355)
- Amandus of Bordeaux , Bishop of Bordeaux († 432)
- Amandus von Worms , Bishop of Worms
- Amand von Maastricht (575–676), saint, missionary in Flanders and bishop in Tongeren
- More name bearers
- Amandus Augustus Abendroth (1767–1842), Hamburg senator and since 1831 Hamburg mayor
- Amandus Adamson (1855–1929), Estonian sculptor
- Amandus Bahlmann (1862–1939), German Roman Catholic missionary bishop and founder of an order in Brazil
- Amand Louis Bauqué (1851–1903), architect of late historicism
- Amand von Buseck (1685–1756), Prince-Bishop of Fulda
- Amand Goegg (1820–1897), leading head of the Baden revolution and member of the revolutionary government
- Amandus Hahn (1889–1952), German physiologist
- Amandus John (1867–1942), Abbot of Melk Abbey, politician
- Amandus Kupfer (1879–1952), German writer and publisher
- Amandus Pachler (1624–1673), Abbot of St. Peter in Salzburg
- Amand Pelz (1812–1841), German portrait and landscape painter from the Düsseldorf School
- Amandus Eberhard Rodatz (1775–1836), German organist and composer
- Amand von Schweiger-Lerchenfeld (1846–1910), Austrian traveler, writer and officer
- Amand Vanderhagen (1753–1822), Flemish clarinetist, basset horn player, conductor, composer and music teacher
- Amandus Karl Vanselow (1699–1771), German mayor and non-fiction author