Poppo
Poppo is a male name.
Origin and meaning
The name has been traceable since the 7th century in the settlement and language area of the Frisians and Flemings and is a Frisian form from the children's language to given names with folk (from old high German folc> war group, people <) and in the 9th to 11th centuries before especially common in southern German regions.
Name bearer
Ruler
- Poppo (* 674; † 734) - was from 719-734 the ruler of the Great Frisian Empire , also known as Frisia Magna. Poppo died in the battle of the Boorne against a Frankish nobleman in 734. With Poppo, the largest known preparation of the Frisian territory ended.
Pope
- Poppo von Brixen († 1048), Pope 1048, see Damasus II.
Bishops
- Poppo I. (Würzburg) ( Franconian Babenberger) († 961), Bishop of Würzburg, 941–961
- Poppo († 990), Chancellor of Emperor Otto I and Bishop of Utrecht, see Folkmar von Utrecht
- Poppo of Cracow (mentioned 1000), first bishop of Cracow
- Poppo (Schleswig) († 995/1029), around 1010 Catholic bishop in the diocese of Schleswig , he is said to have miraculously converted the Danish King Harald Blue Tooth to the Christian faith.
- Poppo von Aquileia (also Wolfgang von Treffen ; † 1042), Patriarch of Aquileia 1019-1042
- Poppo von Babenberg , Archbishop of Trier (1016-1047)
- Poppo von Paderborn , Bishop of Paderborn (1076-1083)
- Poppo (Metz) († around 1100), Bishop of Metz
- Poppo von Passau , Bishop of Passau (1204–1206)
- Poppo von Andechs-Meranien , Bishop of Bamberg (1238–1242)
- Poppo III. von Trimberg († 1271), Bishop of Würzburg
Abbots
- Poppo von Stablo (978-1048), abbot in 17 abbeys, church reformer and Catholic saint
- Poppo (V.) ( Franconian Babenberger ), Abbot of Lorsch and Fulda (1006–1014 / 18)
- Poppo (Münsterschwarzach) († 1125 or 1126), Abbot of Münsterschwarzach
Grand Master
- Poppo von Osterna (~ 1200–1267), Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
Dukes and counts
- Poppo (I.) ( Franconian Babenberger ) 819/839 Count around Saalgau
- Poppo (II.) , ( Franconian.Babenberger ) 878 / 880–906 attested, Margrave ( marchio ), dux , 892 Margrave of the Sorbenmark , 903 Margrave in the Bavarian Nordgau , 906 Count in Volkfeld
- Poppo of Thuringia , Duke of Thuringia (878 / 880–906)
- Poppo (III.) ( Franconian Babenberger ) † 945, count in Grabfeld and Tullifeld
- Poppo (IV.) ( Franconian Babenberger ) Count 951/956
- Poppo I (Istria) (* before 1012 - 13 July around 1044) from the House of Weimar was margrave in Istria (1012-1044). Various sources also refer to him as Margrave of Krain , and even as Margrave of (Lower) Carinthia .
- Poppo II (Istria) (~ 1065–1098 / 1103), margrave in Istria
- Poppo I. von Blankenburg (~ 1095–1161 / 4), Count of Blankenburg
- Poppo I. (Reichenbach) († 1156), Count of Reichenbach, Hollende and Felsberg
- Poppo II. (Hollende) († 1170), Count of Hollende, Reichenbach and Felsberg
Popponen
- Members of the Counts of the Popponen (Franconian Babenbergs)
- Members of the family of the Counts of Lauffen
Name variants
Name variants of Poppo are Popko, Poppe, Popke, Poppeke
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Birgit Adam: "The most beautiful Nordic first names" - For girls and boys - With origin and meaning . Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich.
- ↑ The most beautiful Nordic first names - reading sample. Retrieved August 14, 2018 .