Wendelgard
Wendelgard figure by Peter Lenk
Wendelgard is an old German female given name .
origin
The part of the name "Wendel-" could be derived from the Germanic tribal name of the Vandals , the meaning of "-gard" is unclear, but can be associated with the old Icelandic name "Gerðr" (= protector).
Well-known namesake
Real people
- Wendelgard von Staden (* 1925), German economist and political scientist
Fictional people
- Wendelgard von Halte, according to a folk legend, a count's winegrower from Lake Constance
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Günther Drosdowski : Duden, Lexicon of first names. Origin, meaning and use of several 1000 first names (= Duden pocket books. Vol. 4). 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim / Vienna / Zurich 1974, ISBN 3-411-01333-8 , p. 213.