Ansgard

Ansgard is an old, German, female given name .

Origin and meaning

The name comes from the Germanic language : ans- means “deity” and gardaz means “fence” or “enclosure” or gard for “protection”. Comparable is from the Old High German coming to the what "God" means, and the term Garto corresponding to the word "garden", or GERD for "Hort" and "protection". The Old Icelandic has the word gardr , the "fence" means.

variants

• female: Asgard

Name bearers

• Ansgard of Burgundy (826-880), first wife of King Ludwig II of West Franconia