Goar (name)

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Goar is an ancient male given name.

Origin and meaning

The name is probably of Gallic origin and its meaning is unknown.

variants

  • 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

  1. ↑ a b Otto Wimmer, Hartmann Melzer: Lexicon of names and saints. Nikol Verlag, Hamburg, 2002, ISBN 3-933203-63-5 , p. 324.
  2. ↑ Alexander Grebel: History of the city of St. Goar. Carl Sassenroth, St. Goar, 1848, pp. 57–58.
  3. ↑ 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]).