Given name
Vigmund
“fight, battle”·“protection”
Vigmund is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Norwegian Nynorsk.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Vigmund is built from elements meaning “fight, battle” and “protection”.
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How it developed
From Old Norse Vígmundr, built from Old Norse víg (“fight, battle”) + mundr (“protection”).
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Vigmund’s family of names
In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Vigmund shares a linguistic root with the Icelandic form Vígmundur.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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