Wighard

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Wighard (Wighart, Wichard , Weikard) is a male given name .

Origin and meaning

The name comes from Old High German and is derived from the words "wig" (fight) and hard.

Abbreviations

Wigge, Wigger and Wiggo.

Well-known namesake

  • Wighard, 7th Archbishop of Canterbury (7th century)
  • Wighard Strehlow (* 1939), chemist and alternative practitioner

literature

  • Beate Varnhorn: Bertelsmann. The large lexicon of first names , 2008, p. 306.