Given name
Hroþgar
“glory, triumph, honour”·“spear”
Hroþgar is a masculine given name from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hroþgar is built from elements meaning “glory, triumph, honour” and “spear”.
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How it developed
From Proto-Germanic *Hrōþigaizaz, built from Old English hreþ (“glory, triumph, honour”) + gār (“spear”).
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Hroþgar’s family of names
In Old English usage, Hroþgar shares a linguistic root with the English form Roger. In Old English usage, Hroþgar has a related form in Hrōðgār. In Old English usage, Hroþgar has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Ρογήρος.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Hroþgar has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
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Nicknames & forms 1
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 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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