Berengar
Berengar is a male Old High German given name . The feminine form of the name is Berengaria , Bérengère and Berenguela .
Origin and meaning
The name comes from Old High German ( bero = "the bear", "brown"; ger = "the spear"). and means "bear fighter".
Remembrance day
October 29th , Berengar von Vornbach
variants
male:
- Berengar , Beringer , Bernger
Female:
- Berengaria , Bérengère , Berenguela
Well-known namesake
Berengar
- Berengar I (840 / 845–924), Emperor, King of Italy
- Berengar II (around 900–966), King of Italy, Margrave of Ivrea
- Berengar of Bayeux , Lord (or Count) of Bayeux
- Berengar of Barcelona (around 1140–1212), Bishop of Lleida, Archbishop of Narbonne
- Berengar (Ebrach) , Abbot of Ebrach
- Berengar (Hessengau) , Count in Hessengau
- Berengar (Lommagau) († after 933), Count of Lommagau (Namur)
- Berengar of Liège († 1116), Benedictine, abbot in Liège
- Berengar (Namur) († after 924), Graf im Lommegau and Maifeld
- Berengar von Passau († 1045), German clergyman, bishop of Passau
- Berengar of Poitiers (* around 1120), French author
- Berengar I of Sulzbach (before 1080–1125), Count of Sulzbach
- Berengar II of Sulzbach († 1167), Count of Sulzbach
- Berengar of Toulouse (800–837), Count of Toulouse, Duke of Septimania, Count of Barcelona
- Berengar von Tours († 1088), French theologian
- Berengar (Venosa) († 1096), abbot of Santissima Trinità di Venosa, from 1094 bishop of Venosa
- Berengar of Verdun († after 965), Bishop of Verdun
- Berengar von Vornbach († 1108), German clergyman, Abbot of Vornbach
- Berengar Pfahl (1946–2015), German director
Bernger
- Bernger von Horheim , minstrel of the late 12th century
Well-known namesake
Berengaria
- Berengaria of León (1204–1237)
- Berengaria of Navarre (* between 1165 and 1170; † 1230), as the wife of King Richard I, Queen of England from 1191 to 1199
- Berengaria of Portugal (1194–1221), Queen of Denmark by marriage
Bérengère
- Bérengère de Lagatinerie (1968–1991), French actress
- Bérengère Poletti (* 1959), French politician
- Bérengère Schuh (* 1984), French archer
Berenguela
- Berenguela of Barcelona (1108–1149), wife of King Alfonso VII Castile-Léon
- Berenguela of Castile (1180–1246), briefly Queen of Castile
- Berenguela (1228–1288 / 89), daughter of King Ferdinand III. of Castile-Léon , Señora of the Cistercian Convent Las Huelgas in Burgos