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AUD
Contents
Origin and Meaning
Germanic name element which is closely related to ODAL [1]
See also HED
Ancient Germanic
*auþa- = 'property' [2]
*audha- = 'property' [1]
Gothic
auda- = 'prosperity', 'luck' [3]
Old Norse
auðr = 'prosperity', 'fortune', 'riches' [2] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
auðr = 'fate', 'destiny' (poetic) [8]
auð-r = 'prosperity', 'luck' [3]
audhr = 'property', 'prosperity' [1] [9]
Old Swedish
ödh = 'property' [6]
Icelandic
auðna = 'fate', 'destiny' (poetic) [8]
auður = 'prosperity', 'fortune', 'riches' [8]
Old High German
ot = 'property' [10]
ōt = 'prosperity', 'luck' [3]
ôt = 'property' [1]
Old Saxon
âd = 'property' [11]
ôd = 'property' [11] [1]
ōd = 'prosperity', 'luck' [3]
Anglo-Saxon
ead = 'inheritance', 'property' [1]
éad = 'prosperity', 'luck' [3]
Old English
ēad = 'prosperity', 'riches', 'fortune' [12] [8]
Ead- = 'prosperity', 'riches' [2]
ead = 'inheritance', 'property' [1]
Related Names
See *Auda, *Audiaz, Auðr, Éada, Eda, Eddie, Edison, Edo, Obbe, Oda, Odi, Offe, Onne, Otis, Otto (maybe Edilio)
Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| ALA | see Alodia (Frankish) |
| ALF | see AuðælfR (Norse) |
| ALJA | see Alodia (Visigothic) |
| BJÖRN | see Auðbiǫrn (Norse) and Edbjørn (English/Norse) |
| BJÖRT | see Auðbjört (Norse) and Eadberht (English) |
| BORG | see Auðbjǫrg (Norse) and Edbjørg (English/Norse) and Otberga (German) |
| BRITT | see Eyðbritt (Norse) |
| DIS | see Auðdís (Norse) |
| FAST | see Ödhvast (Norse) |
| FINN | see Auðfinnr (Norse) |
| FRID | see Otfried (German) |
| FRÍÐ | see Auðfríðr (Norse) |
| GAUT | see Auðgautr (Norse) |
| GEIR | see AuðgæiRR (Norse) and Eadgar (English) |
| GERD | see Auðgærðr (Norse) |
| GISL | see Auðgísl (Norse) |
| GRIM | see AuðgrímR (Norse) |
| GUNN | see Auðguðr (Norse) and Eadgyð (English) |
| HARD | see Authard (German) |
| HEIL | see Auðhelga (Norse) |
| HER | see Audar (Norse) and Odher (German) |
| HILD | see Auðhildr (Norse) and Otthild (German) |
| HVAT | see Auðhvatr (Norse) |
| JON | see Auðjón (Norse) |
| KETILL | see Auðkætill (Norse) |
| LAUG | see Eyðleyg (Norse) and Edlaug (English/Norse) |
| LEIF | see Auðleifr (Norse) and Otleiv (German/Norse) |
| LEIK | see ØylakR (Norse) |
| LI | see Edly |
| LIN | see Ottoline |
| LÍN | see Auðlín (Norse) |
| MANN | see Auðmann (Norse) |
| MAR | see Ödhmar (Norse) and Otmar (German) and Eadmær (English) and Edmar (English/Norse) |
| MIN | see Ottomine |
| MUND | see Auðmundr (Norse) and Odmund (German) and Eadmund (English) |
| NY | see Auðný (Norse) and Edny (English/Norse) |
| RIK | see AuðríkR (Norse) and Eadric (English) and Edrikke (English/Norse) |
| RIS | see Edris |
| RIT | see Eyðrit |
| RUN | see Auðrún (Norse) and Edrun (English/Norse) |
| SOL | see Sóleyð (Norse) |
| STEIN | see Auðstæinn (Norse) |
| SVEIN | see Eyðsvein (Norse) |
| ULF | see AuðulfR (Norse) and Odolf (German) and Edolf (English/Norse) |
| UNN | see Audunn (Norse) |
| VALD | see Auðvaldr (Norse) and Edvald (English/Norse) |
| VARD | see Audvard (Norse) and Eadweard (English) and Audoard (German) |
| VEIG | see Audveig (Norse) |
| VID | see Auðviðr (Norse) |
| VIN | see *Auðvin (Norse) and Audowin (German) and Eadwine (English) |
| VÖR | see Eyðvør (Norse) and Váreyð (Norse) |
| ÞOR | see Eyðtór (Norse) |
See also Auðhumla (Norse), Edon (Norwegian)
First Element Forms
A-
Au-
Aud-
Auð-
Audd-
Audh-
Audo-
Aug-
Aut-
Auth-
Auþ-
Avd-
Awd-
Avð-
Awdh-
Ead-
Éad-
Ed-
Eð-
Eed-
Eer-
Eet-
Et-
Eyð-
Giet-
Gjet-
Haut-
Hed-
Hede-
Hod-
Houd-
Iþ-
Jat-
Ját-
Je-
Jed-
Jet-
O-
Od-
Oð-
Odh-
Odo-
Ot-
Oth-
Ott-
Otte-
Otto-
Ou-
Oud-
Oudh-
Out-
Outh-
Ouþ-
Ovd-
Owd-
Ovdh-
Owdh-
Y-
Ö-
Ø-
Öd-
Ød-
Ödh-
Ødh-
Øfd-
Øth-
Øud-
Øy-
Last Element Forms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Ferdinand Holthausen: Gotisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (1934)
- ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
- ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ Inger Lautin (Red.): Hva skal barnet hete? (1993)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
- ↑ Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ Friedrich Wilhelm Weitershaus: Das große Vornamenlexikon (1998)
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Wilhelm Schlaug: Die altsächsischen Personennamen vor dem Jahre 1000 (1962)
- ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)