Meinhard (first name)
Meinhard is a male name .
Origin and meaning
The name Meinhard is made up of the two elements megin "power, strength" and hard "hardness".
name day
Name day is August 14 after Saint Meinhard von Segeberg (Meinhard von Livland; * around 1130/1140; † 1196), first bishop of Livonia in Uexküll. Catholic Remembrance Day: October 11th.
Name day is September 26 after Saint Meinhard (also Meginhard, Meginherus, Meginhardus) von Hersfeld (Meinhard von Hersfeld; † September 26, 1059 in Hersfeld, today's Bad Hersfeld in Hesse). Catholic Memorial Day: September 26th.
Name bearer
middle Ages
- several counts of Görz-Tirol and their relatives, see Meinhardiner
- Meinhard (Prague) (also: Menhart; † 1134), Prague bishop
- Meinhard von Bamberg († 1088), scholar and cathedral schoolmaster
- Meinhard von Querfurt (* before 1240; † between December 21, 1298 and January 11, 1302), Knight of the Teutonic Order and Landmaster of Prussia
- Meinhard von Segeberg (* around 1130 to 1140; † 1196), first bishop of Livonia
Modern times
- Meinhard Adler (* 1937), German neuroscientist and author
- Meinhard Classen (1936–2019), German internist (gastroenterology and endoscopy)
- Meinhard Erlacher (* 1982), Italian snowboarder
- Meinhard von Gerkan (* 1935), German architect
- Meinhard Hemp (* 1942), German soccer player and coach
- Meinhard Jacoby (1873–1956), German painter, sculptor, medalist, graphic artist and craftsman
- Meinhard Lukas (* 1970), Austrian professor of civil law
- Meinhard Miegel (* 1939), German social scientist and publicist
- Meinhard Michael Moser (1924–2002), Austrian mycologist and forest scientist
- Meinhard Nehmer (* 1941), German athlete, bobsleigh pilot and bobsleigh trainer
- Meinhard von Neuhaus (Oberstburggraf) (1398–1449), Bohemian Oberstburggraf
- Meinhard von Pfaundler (formerly Meinhard Pfaundler von Hadermur, 1872–1947), Austrian-German pediatrician
- Meinhard Rüdenauer (* 1941), Austrian composer, author, cultural journalist and cultural organizer
- Meinhard von Schomberg (1641–1719), Franco-German general
- Meinhard von Schönberg (1530–1596), electoral Palatinate field marshal and bailiff of Bacharach
- Meinhard Schuster (* 1930), German-Swiss ethnologist
- Meinhard Starostik (1949–2018), German lawyer and judge
- Meinhard Tenné (1923–2015), German-Israeli representative of Judaism
- Meinhard Tröstel (* after 1200, † 1264), Ministeriale of the last Babenberger Friedrich II
- Meinhard Uentz (* 1938), German soccer player
- Meinhard Zanger (* 1955), German director, actor and artistic director
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b NVB - verklaring vorrnaam Meinhard
- ↑ Meinhard von Livland - Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints. Retrieved July 6, 2016 .
- ↑ Dr. Karl Wölfl - My namesake
- ↑ GOSPEL DAY BY DAY - St. Meinhard von Hersfeld. Retrieved June 7, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Joachim Schäfer: Meinhard von Hersfeld. In: Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints. Retrieved July 6, 2016 .
- ↑ Meginhardus, B. - Zeno.org. Retrieved July 6, 2016 .