Given name & surname
Gotthard
“one who is divinely firm”
Gotthard is a variant of Goddard. One German interpretation is “one who is divinely firm.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gotthard is a variant of Goddard. One German interpretation is “one who is divinely firm.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Gotthard is a variant of Goddard. A possible origin is Old English, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In German use, Gotthard is used as a form of Goddard.
The story
Its Christian associations include Saint Gotthard, an 11th-century bishop of Hildesheim in Bavaria.
Gotthard’s family of names
Gotthard shares a linguistic root with Goddard. In German usage, Gotthard has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form GOTARD. Gotthard has a related form in Goddard.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Gotthard
- Gotthard HeinriciGerman general (1886–1971)
- Gotthard KettlerDuke of Courland and Semigallia (1517–1587)
- Gotthard of Hildesheim11th‑century German Benedictine abbot and bishop of Hildesheim, Cluniac reformer and Catholic saint960–1038
- Gotthard HandrickGerman flying ace (1908–1978)
- Gotthard Friedrich StenderBaltic German cleric and grammarian (1714-1796)
- Gotthard Johann von KnorringRussian general of Baltic German origin (1744-1825)
- Gotthard GüntherGerman philosopher (1900–1984)
- Gotthard DeutschAmerican rabbi and historian (1859-1921)
- Gotthard SachsenbergGerman politician (1891-1961)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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