Given name
Beornhere
“man, warrior”·“army”
Beornhere is a masculine given name from Proto-West Germanic. It is used in Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Beornhere is built from elements meaning “man, warrior” and “army”.
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How it developed
From Proto-West Germanic *Bernuheri, built from Proto-West Germanic *bernu (“man, warrior”) + *hari (“army”).
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Beornhere’s family of names
In Old English usage, Beornhere shares a linguistic root with the Old High German form Bernheri. In Old English usage, Beornhere has an alternative spelling in Beorn-here. In Old English usage, Beornhere has a related form in Bernehere.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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