Given name · also Latin

Lotario

Lotario is a masculine given name from Medieval Latin, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic. It is used in Italian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Lotario comes from Medieval Latin, and ultimately from Proto-West Germanic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Medieval Latin Lotharius, from Proto-West Germanic *Hlūdhari.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Lotario’s family of names

In Italian usage, Lotario shares a linguistic root with the Old English form Hloþhere. In Basque usage, Lotario has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form LOTAR. In Italian usage, Lotario shares a linguistic root with the Walloon form LOTAIRE.

Walk Lotario’s family in the name graph

LotarioLotárioLotharLothaireLothariusLotarLothairLotaireHloþhereLotariLotár

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Lotario has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.

Proto-Germanic

4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 9

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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