Given name
Hrothgar
“a king”
Hrothgar has Old English roots and a central role in Beowulf.
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Anglo-Saxon interpretation is “a king.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Anglo-Saxon.
The story
In Beowulf, Hrothgar is the Danish king whose people suffer Grendel’s attacks. This literary setting is the name’s best-known association; linguistically, it is an Old English relative of Roger.
Hrothgar’s family of names
Hrothgar is a form of Roger. Hrothgar has a related form in Hrothegar. Hrothgar has a related form in Hrothegare.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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