Given name & surname · also German
Arbogast
“inheritance”
Arbogast is a surname from German, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic.
Original GermanArbgast
Meaning & origin
What it means
Arbogast goes back to Proto-West Germanic *arbī, meaning “inheritance.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Arbogast comes from German, and ultimately from Proto-West Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-West Germanic *arbī (“inheritance”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Arbogast’s family of names
In German usage, Arbogast has a related form in Arbgast.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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