Given name & surname
Berengar
“bear”
Berengar is a masculine given name from Germanic, ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Berengar goes back to Proto-Germanic *berô, meaning “bear.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Berengar comes from Germanic, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Berengar’s family of names
In English usage, Berengar has a feminine form in Berengaria. In English usage, Berengar has a conventional equivalent in the Catalan form Berengari. In English usage, Berengar has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form BERENGARIO.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Berengar has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
11 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- BerengarioSpanish, Italian
- BerenguerSpanish, Catalan
- Беренга́рийRussian
- Беренга́рRussian
- BerengariusLatin
- BeringhieroItalian
- BerenguelGalician
- BérengerFrench
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People named Berengar
- Berengar I of ItalyHoly Roman Emperor from 915 to 924840–924
- Berengar II of ItalyKing of Italy from 950 to 961
- Berengar of Toursmedieval theologian (vers 990-1088)998–1088
- Berengar the WiseSpanish noble790–835
- Berengar II of Neustria9th-century French noble847–930
- Berengar I of Neustria9th-century Frankish noble836
- Berengar of Namur(888-940)
- Berengar II of SulzbachGerman noble1080–1125
- Berengar of BergaBishop and count1100–1093
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