Given name
Þeodmær
“people, nation”·“famous, renowned”
Þeodmær is a masculine given name from Proto-West Germanic, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Þeodmær is built from elements meaning “people, nation” and “famous, renowned”.
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Where it comes from
Þeodmær comes from Proto-West Germanic, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
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How it developed
From Proto-West Germanic *Þeudumār, from Proto-Germanic *Þeudōmēraz, built from Old English þēod (“people, nation”) + mǣre (“famous, renowned”).
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Þeodmær’s family of names
In Old English usage, Þeodmær shares a linguistic root with the German form Dietmar.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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