Anselm
Anselm (origin Anshelm ) is a German male given name . The feminine form is Anselma .
Meaning and origin
The name is made up of the Germanic Ans = "Germanic god" (see Ase ) and the Old High German helmet = "protection" and means something like "standing under the protection of the gods".
name day
- April 21 (namesake: Anselm of Canterbury )
variants
- German : Anselm, Anshelm
- French : Anselme , Anseaume
- Italian : Anselmo , Anzo
- Spanish : Anselmo
- Greek : Anselmos
- Latin , Dutch : Anselmus
- Polish : Anzelm
- Lithuanian : Anzelmas
- Danish : Ansam
- Finnish : Anselmi , Anssi
- Romansh : Selm
- Russian : Ансельм
Name bearer
- Anselm (Joinville) (1265–1343), Marshal of France, Lord of Joinville
- Anselm Aldenhoven (1732–1810), abbot of Brauweiler Abbey
- Anselm Maria Fugger von Babenhausen , German nobleman, Imperial Prince of the Principality of Babenhausen
- Anselm Bilgri (* 1953), prior in the Andechs monastery, management consultant
- Anselm of Canterbury (~ 1033–1109), scholastic philosopher and theologian, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Anselm de Craon († 1148), church dignitary of the High Middle Ages
- Anselm Casimir Wambolt von Umstadt (1579–1647), Archbishop of Mainz
- Anselm Eder (* 1947), Austrian sociologist
- Anselm von Edling (1741–1794), Austrian Benedictine, abbot, historian, writer and poet of the Josephine Enlightenment
- Anselm Feuerbach (1829–1880), German painter
- Anselm von Feuerbach (1775–1833), German legal scholar
- Anselm Franz (aviation pioneer) (1900–1994), Austrian aviation pioneer
- Anselm Franz von Ritter zu Groenesteyn (also von Grünstein , 1692–1765), Kurmainzer chamberlain, court marshal and architect
- Anselm Grün (* 1945), Benedictine priest and author of spiritual books
- Anselm Hartinger (* 1971), German musicologist, historian and museum director
- Anselm von Havelberg († 1158), Bishop of Havelberg, Archbishop of Ravenna
- Anselm Franz von Ingelheim (1634–1695) , governor of Erfurt, archbishop and elector of Mainz
- Anselm Franz von Ingelheim (1683–1749) , Prince-Bishop of Würzburg
- Anselm Kiefer (* 1945), German painter and sculptor
- Anselm Kratochwil (* 1951), German biologist
- Anselm von Laon (~ 1050–1117), theologian
- Anselm van der Linde (* 1970), South African-Austrian Cistercian abbot
- Anselm II of Lucca (1035-1086), Roman Catholic bishop and saint
- Anselm von Meißen (1210–1278), Bishop of Warmia
- Anselm Nagy (1915–1988), Hungarian-American Cistercian abbot
- Anselm von Nagoldgau (around 966), the oldest recorded Nagoldgau count
- Anselm (Nagoldgau) († around 1087), an ancestor of the Count Palatine of Tübingen and one of the founders of the Blaubeuren monastery
- Anselm von Nenningen (1350–1428), Bishop of Augsburg
- Anselm von Nonantola († 803), Duke of Friuli, saint, Abbot of Nonantola
- Anselm Passaucko († 1778), Austrian Benedictine, abbot of St. Paul in the Lavant Valley
- Anselm von Polymartium , Bishop of Bomarzo in the 5th century
- Anselm Prester (* 1943), German painter
- Anselm Franz von Thurn und Taxis (1681–1739), prince, heir general postmaster
- Anselm II. Schwab (1713–1778), German Benedictine, Abbot of Salem
- Anselm L. Strauss (1916–1996), American sociologist
- Anselm Wütschert (1881–1915), Swiss criminal, last execution in the canton of Lucerne
As a family name
- Doris Anselm (* 1981), German writer and journalist
- Elizabeth Anselm (* around 1915), American badminton player
- Karin Anselm (* 1940), German actress
- Reiner Anselm (* 1965), German Protestant theologian
- Rolf Anselm (* 1942), German civil engineer and university professor
- Tobias Anselm (* 2000), Austrian soccer player
Fictional people
- Anselm Wüßtegern , cartoon character
- Anselmus , student, main character in The Golden Pot by ETA Hoffmann