Given name

Ansfried

“god, deity”

Ansfried is a masculine given name from Old High German, meaning “god, deity.” It is used in German.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Ansfried means “god, deity.”

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Where it comes from

Ansfried comes from Old High German.

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How it developed

From Old High German ans (“god, deity”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

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Old High German

Ansbald

“god, deity”

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Germanic

Answald

Answald is a masculine given name from Old High German, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in German.

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Old High German

Anshelm

“god”

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Old High German

Ansgar

“god”

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Old High German

Anrico

“home” · “ruler”

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Old High German

Albwin

“elf”

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Old High German

Ashelm

“god”

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>99% boys

Old High German

Atso

Atso is a masculine given name, probably from Old High German. It is used in Finnish and Estonian.

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Ansfried’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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