Given name · also Old Norse
Rögnvaldur
Rögnvaldur is a masculine given name from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Icelandic.
Original Old NorseRǫgnvaldr
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Rögnvaldur comes from Old Norse, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
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How it developed
From Old Norse Rǫgnvaldr, from Proto-Germanic *Raginawaldaz.
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Rögnvaldur’s family of names
In Icelandic usage, Rögnvaldur continues an earlier form in Rǫgnvaldr. In Icelandic usage, Rögnvaldur has a conventional equivalent in the English form Reynold.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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