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Name Element

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Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Old Norse

erinn = 'hearty', 'brisk' [1]
ern = 'brisk', 'vigorous' [2]

Related Names

See Erna

Combinations

Name
Element    
Example
MILD see Milderna

Last Element Forms

-erna

References

  1. Rikard Hornby: Danske navne - Træk af navngivningens historie (1951)
  2. Richard Cleasby, Gudbrand Vigfusson: An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)