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VAL
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Origin and Meaning
Germanic name element of uncertain meaning
Sometimes the name element is difficult to tell apart from VALD
See also ALJA
Ancient Germanic
1) wala = 'dead'
2) *walha- = 'foreign' [1]
Old Norse
1) valr = 'the slain (in Valhalla)' [1] [2] [3]
Old High German
2) walah = 'Celtic', 'foreign' (original meaning) or 'Roman' (changed meaning after the Roman invasion of the Celtic territories)
2) walah- = 'foreigner', 'stranger' [2] [4]
2) walh- = 'foreigner', 'stranger' [2]
2) walh- = 'Welsh', 'Roman', 'Celt' [5]
Related Names
See Vaali, Váli, Wallace, Vally
Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| BJÖRK | see Valbjörk (Norse) |
| BJÖRN | see Valbjǫrn (Norse) |
| BJÖRT | see Valbjört (Norse) |
| BORG | see Walburg (German) |
| BRAND | see Valbrandr (Norse) |
| DIS | see Valdís (Norse) |
| DON | see Valdon |
| EY | see Valey (Norse) |
| FAÐIR | see Valfǫðr (Norse) |
| FRID | see Walafrid (German) |
| FRÍÐ | see Valfrid |
| GAUT | see Valgautr (Norse) |
| GEIR | see Valgeir (Norse) and Gerlach (German) |
| GERD | see Valgerðr |
| GEST | see *WalahgastiR |
| GRIM | see Valgrímur |
| HILD | see Valhildur |
| MEY | see Valmøy |
| MUND | see Valmundur |
| NY | see Valný |
| ODD | see Valoddi (?) |
| ROS | see Valrós |
| RUN | see Valrún |
| STEIN | see Valsteinn |
| TOK | see Val-Tóki |
| TUN | see Walton (English) |
| TYR | see Valtýr |
| ÞER | see Wealhþéow |
| ÞJOF | see Valþjófr |
| ÞOR | see Valdor |
| ÞRUÐ | see Valþrúður |
First Element Forms
Val-
Wal-
Wala-
*Walah-
Vall-
Wall-
Walæ-
Wealh-
Last Element Forms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Rosa und Volker Kohlheim: Duden Das große Vornamenlexikon (2007)
- ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)