Given name
Peranfrid
“man, warrior”·“peace”
Peranfrid is a masculine given name from Proto-West Germanic. It is used in Old High German.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Peranfrid is built from elements meaning “man, warrior” and “peace”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-West Germanic *Bernufriþu, built from Proto-West Germanic *bernu (“man, warrior”) + *friþu (“peace”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
First recorded in 9th C. <small class='ce-date'>CE</small>.
Peranfrid’s family of names
In Old High German usage, Peranfrid shares a linguistic root with the Old English form Beornfriþ. In Old High German usage, Peranfrid has a related form in Pernfrid.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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