Prosper (first name)

Prosper is a male given name.

Origin and meaning

The name can be derived from Latin and means something like "happy" or "desired". In English , the verb to prosper stands for “prosperieren” (“to flourish”, “to bloom”, or “to have success”, see prosperity ), the associated adjective is actually prosperous. Prospero is best known as the main character in Shakespeare's play The Tempest .

variants

• Prospero

Well-known namesake

• Prosper Tiro of Aquitaine (around 390– after 455), writer and saint, patron saint of poets
• Prosper Jolyot Crébillon (1674–1762), French playwright
• Prosper Caspar Leonard Devens (1834–1882), Prussian politician (Free Conservative Party), member of parliament and councilor in Koblenz
• Louis Prosper Gachard (1800–1885), Belgian state archivist and historian
• Prosper Grech (1925-2019), Maltese cardinal
• Prosper-Louis-Pascal Guéranger (1805–1875), founder of a new liturgical movement from the mid-19th century
• Mathieu-Prosper Henry (1849–1903), French optician and astronomer, see Paul and Prosper Henry
• Prosper Lambertini , the real name of Pope Benedict XIV (1675–1758)
• Prosper L'Orange (1876–1939), German engineer and inventor
• Prosper Ludwig (Arenberg) (1785–1861), Duke of Arenberg, Aarschot (Aerschot) and Meppen, Prince of Recklinghausen, Count von der Marck
• Prosper Marilhat (1811–1847), French painter
• Prosper Mérimée (1803-1870), French writer
• Prosper Menière (1799–1862), French physician
• Prosper Poullet (1868–1937), Belgian politician and Prime Minister
• Georges Prosper Remi (1903–1987), Belgian comic artist, known as Hergé

Web links

Wiktionary: prosper  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations