Personal names in -mar
First names with the lexeme -mar are personal names , especially in Germany and Scandinavia.
Origin and meaning
This form of name developed from Germanic names on -mer , such as inguiomer , chlodomer and others. A Cheitumar was first mentioned in the 6th century as the leader of the Slavic carantans . The name was probably of Germanic origin. In the 7th century it was called Audomar , in the 10th century names like Thankmar , Thietmar appeared . In Scandinavia names like Waldemar , Ingmar , Dagmar have been mentioned since the 11th century .
In the Slavic-speaking area names in -mir (Vladimir) developed since the 9th century.
-mar is derived from Gothic mēr famous , Old High German mari . The preceding word components are of Germanic origin such as Ing- from Yngvi or Þiud- ( Thiud- ) from Þhiuda .
Male first names
- Adalmar
- Ansmar
- Cheitumar
- Dagomar
- Dankmar / Thankmar
- Elmar / Elimar / Agilmar / Egilmar
- Engelmar
- Dietmar / Thietmar
- Friedmar
- Hadmar
- Hilmar / Hildemar / Hjalmar
- Ingmar / Ingomar
- Ismar
- Osmar
- Otmar
- Reinmar / Reimar / Raimar
- Selmar
- Sigmar
- Volkmar
- Waldemar / Valdemar / Woldemar / Voldemar
- Walmar
- Wigmar
Female first names
literature
- Hans Bahlow : German name dictionary. Family and first names explained according to their origin and meaning. Gondrom, Bindlach 1990, ISBN 3-8112-0294-4
- Günther Drosdowski: Duden lexicon of first names: origin, meaning and use of several thousand first names . Bibliographical Institute (Dudenverlag), Mannheim / Vienna / Zurich 1974
- Joseph B. Voyles, Early Germanic Grammar , Academic Press, 1992 ISBN 0-12-728270-X