Ortwin
Ortwin , also in the variant Wortwin , is a male given name.
Origin and meaning
The name is of Germanic origin. It is derived from ort (“spear”, “sword”, “point”) and win (“friend”), so it can be translated as “spear friend”. As a name associated with strength, struggle and strength, he should attribute these qualities to the newborn.
name day
Name bearer
First names
- Ortwin Benninghoff (* 1946), German composer
- Ortwin Buchbender (* 1938), German historian
- Ortwin Czarnowski (* 1940), German racing cyclist
- Ortwin Dally (* 1969), German archaeologist
- Ortwin Gamber (* 1925), Austrian art historian and weapons expert
- Ortwin von Hohenberch (around 1140–1150 - before 1211), founder of the city of Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
- Ortwin Knorr (* 1966), German classical philologist
- Ortwin Lowack (* 1942), German politician
- Ortwin Michl (* 1942), German painter
- Ortwin Peithmann (* 1946), German spatial planning engineer
- Ortwin Rave (1921–1992), German architect
- Paul Ortwin Rave (1893–1962), German cultural historian
- Ortwin Renn (* 1951), German sociologist
- Ortwin Runde (* 1944), German politician
- Ortwin Speer (1938–1995), German actor and voice actor
Surname
- Maria Ortwin (1868-after 1890), Austrian theater actress
Others
- The name of the Ortler mountain in South Tyrol is sometimes derived from Ortwin.
Individual evidence
- ↑ General German real encyclopedia for the educated classes: Conversations-lexikon . tape 10 . FA Brockhaus, 1867, p. 561 ( Google Books [accessed March 30, 2010]).
- ↑ Hartmut Heller: Repetitions: From waves and reprises of cultural development . LIT Verlag, Münster 2009, ISBN 978-3-643-50080-9 , pp. 235 ( Google Books [accessed March 30, 2010]).
- ↑ kirchenweb.at
- ^ Egon Kühebacher : The place names of South Tyrol and their history . The names of the mountain ranges, groups of peaks and individual peaks in South Tyrol. Ed .: State Monument Authority Bozen, South Tyrolean Provincial Archives. tape 3 . Athesia, Bozen 2000, ISBN 88-8266-018-4 , p. 197 .