Goar (name)
Goar is an ancient male given name.
Origin and meaning
The name is probably of Gallic origin and its meaning is unknown.
variants
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German :
- 14th century: Gower, Gwer
- 16th century: Gewer
- 16.-17. Century: rifle
name day
July 6th Goar , missionary from Sankt Goar
Well-known namesake
- Goar (before 390 – around 450), a leader of the Alans
- Goar (around 495-575), saint
- Goar Ofir Mestre Espinoza, founder of Cuban and South American television, Emmi Award winner 1988 ,
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Otto Wimmer, Hartmann Melzer: Lexicon of names and saints. Nikol Verlag, Hamburg, 2002, ISBN 3-933203-63-5 , p. 324.
- ↑ Alexander Grebel: History of the city of St. Goar. Carl Sassenroth, St. Goar, 1848, pp. 57–58.
- ↑ Sirvén, Pablo, author .: El rey de la TV: Goar Mestre y la pelea entre gobiernos y medios latinoamericanos, de Fidel Castro a Juan Perón: a 40 años de la estatización de la canales de TV . ISBN 978-950-07-4534-5 ( worldcat.org [accessed June 9, 2019]).