Lothar (first name)
Lothar or Lotar is, in the form Chlothar , an Old High German personal name .
Origin and meaning
Hlothar written with [ħ] (voiced) , then also with a rough initial sound [ɧ], or [χ] Chlotar , is composed of the two words Old High German hlut 'loud, noise ' and heri 'the army , the warrior'.
distribution
Chlothar is a common ruler's name, which was particularly common among the Merovingians ( Chlothar I. , Chlothar II. , Chlothar III. And Chlothar IV. ), And can also be found in France (Treaty of Verdun 843) Lotharingia , from which the Name Lorraine ( old French Lothier , modern Lorraine ) derives.
variants
Variants of the name are:
- Latin Chlotharius , Clotharius, Lotharius
- German Hlothar, Chlothar, Chlotar, Lother
- English Clothair, Lothair
- French Clotaire, Lothaire
- Italian Clotario, Lotario, Lottario, Lotterio
- Portuguese Clotário, Lotário
These forms are also used in family names.
Lorraine is a French feminine form .
Name bearer
A list of the rulers named Lothar can be found under the current form of the name.
First name
- Lothar Abend (* 1944), German boxer
- Lothar Ahrendt (* 1936), German politician
- Lothar Binding (* 1950), German politician
- Lothar Bisky (1941–2013), German politician
- Lothar Buchmann (* 1936), German soccer player and coach
- Lothar Emmerich (1941–2003), German soccer player
- Lothar von Hochstaden († 1194), Bishop of Liège and Imperial Chancellor
- Lothar König (Jesuit) (1906–1946), German religious, theologian and resistance fighter
- Lothar König (politician) (* 1944), German politician (CDU, REP)
- Lothar König (pastor) (* 1954), German Protestant pastor
- Lothar Koenigs (* 1965), German conductor
- Lothar Loewe (1929–2010), German journalist and broadcast director
- Lothar de Maizière (* 1940), German CDU politician
- Lothar Matthäus (* 1961), German soccer player and coach
- Lothar Meyer (1830–1895), German chemist
- Lothar Neukirchner (* 1959), German motorcycle racer
- Lotar Olias (1913–1990), German composer
- Lothar von Richthofen (1894–1922), German fighter pilot in the First World War
- Lothar Ruppert (1933–2011), German theologian
- Lotar Schleener (1927–2014), German table tennis player
- Lothar Schneider (wrestler) (* 1939), German wrestler
- Lothar Schneider (caricaturist) (* 1943), German caricaturist
- Lothar Schneider (soccer player) (* 1953), German soccer player
- Lothar Schünemann (* 1938), German enduro athlete
- Lothar von Séez (around 685–756), Bishop of Séez
- Lothar Späth (1937-2016), German politician (CDU)
- Lothar von Trotha (1848–1920), German general
- Lothar Ulsaß (1940–1999), German football player
- Lothar Zenetti (1926–2019), German Roman Catholic theologian and writer
literature
- Rosa Kohlheim, Volker Kohlheim: Lothar . In: Duden - The great first name dictionary . 3. Edition. Bibliographer. Institut AG, Mannheim 2007, ISBN 978-3-411-06083-2 (also Duden - Lexicon of first names . 5th edition. 2007, ISBN 978-3-411-04945-5 .).