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Historical category of northern European peoples
The Germanic peoples were tribal groups who lived in Northern Europe during Classical antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. In modern scholarship, they
Germanic_peoples
Branch of the Indo-European language family
The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 515 million people mainly in Europe,
Germanic_languages
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Germanic or germanic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Germanic may refer to: Germanic peoples, an ethno-linguistic group identified by their
Germanic
Group of languages
North Germanic and the extinct East Germanic languages). The West Germanic branch is classically subdivided into three branches: North Sea Germanic, which
West_Germanic_languages
Ancestor of the Germanic languages
Latin characters. Proto-Germanic (abbreviated PGmc; also called Common Germanic) is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Germanic languages. A defining
Proto-Germanic_language
Languages of the Nordic countries
Germanic languages are one of the three branches of the Germanic languages—a sub-family of the Indo-European languages—along with the West Germanic languages
North_Germanic_languages
Traditional religion of Germanic peoples
Germanic paganism or Germanic religion was the traditional, culturally significant religion of the Germanic peoples. With a chronological range of at
Germanic_paganism
The list of early Germanic peoples is a catalog of ancient Germanic cultures, tribal groups, and other alliances of Germanic tribes and civilizations from
List of early Germanic peoples
List_of_early_Germanic_peoples
Language family native to Eurasia
by hundreds of millions of native speakers each (Indo-Iranic, Italic, Germanic, and Balto-Slavic), and four by fewer than fifteen million native speakers
Indo-European_languages
List of ships with the same or similar names
SS Germanic is the name of the following ships: SS Germanic (1874), scrapped in 1950 SS Germanic (1881), wrecked November 1904 near Stag Island in the
SS_Germanic
State planned by Nazi Germany
The Greater Germanic Reich (German: Großgermanisches Reich), fully styled the Greater Germanic Reich of the German Nation (German: Großgermanisches Reich
Greater_Germanic_Reich
Woman said to foretell future events and perform sorcery
In Germanic paganism, a seeress is a woman said to have the ability to foretell future events and perform sorcery. They are also referred to with many
Seeress_(Germanic)
Group of extinct Indo-European languages in the Germanic family
The East Germanic languages are a group of extinct Germanic languages that were spoken by East Germanic peoples. East Germanic is one of the primary branches
East_Germanic_languages
Proposed Language Dialect and Peoples Grouping
South Germanic is a term used for a number of proposed groupings of the Germanic tribes or dialects. However, it is not widely used and has no agreed definition
South_Germanic
Dragons in Germanic mythology
draca; Old Norse: dreki/*draki; Old High German: trahho) in the wider Germanic mythology and folklore, in which they are often portrayed as large venomous
Germanic_dragon
Widely revered deity in Germanic mythology
from Old Norse: Óðinn) is a widely revered god in Norse mythology and Germanic paganism. Most surviving information on Odin comes from Norse mythology
Odin
Modern pagan religion
Heathenry, also termed Heathenism, contemporary Germanic Paganism, or Germanic Neopaganism, is a modern pagan religion. Scholars of religious studies classify
Heathenry (new religious movement)
Heathenry_(new_religious_movement)
Nordic Waffen-SS units
The Germanic SS (German: Germanische SS) was the collective name given to paramilitary and political organisations established in parts of German-occupied
Germanic_SS
In Germanic paganism, the indigenous religion of the ancient Germanic peoples who inhabit Germanic Europe, there were a number of different gods and goddesses
List_of_Germanic_deities
Form of law followed by the early Germanic peoples
Germanic law is a scholarly term used to describe a series of commonalities between the various law codes (the Leges Barbarorum, 'laws of the barbarians'
Germanic_law
Proposed grouping of West Germanic dialects
Elbe Germanic, also called Irminonic or Erminonic, is a proposed subgrouping of West Germanic languages introduced by the German linguist Friedrich Maurer
Elbe_Germanic
Group of West Germanic languages
North Sea Germanic, also known as Ingvaeonic (/ˌɪŋviːˈɒnɪk/ ING-vee-ON-ik), is a subgrouping of West Germanic languages that consists of Old Frisian,
North_Sea_Germanic
Continental Germanic mythology. It was a key element of Germanic paganism. As the Germanic languages developed from Proto-Indo-European language, Germanic mythology
Germanic_mythology
Ancient Germanic letters
alphabets, known as rune-rows, runic alphabets or futharks, native to the Germanic peoples. Runes were primarily used to represent sound values (phonemes)
Runes
Germanic deity
god in Germanic mythology and member of the Æsir. In Norse mythology, which provides most of the surviving narratives about gods among the Germanic peoples
Týr
West Germanic language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family that emerged in early medieval England and has since become a global lingua franca
English_language
Linguistic group
North Germanic peoples, Nordic peoples and in a medieval context Norsemen, were a Germanic linguistic group originating from the Scandinavian Peninsula
North_Germanic_peoples
West Germanic language
German (Deutsch, pronounced [dɔɪ̯tʃ] ) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It
German_language
Historical religious tradition
Norse paganism, is a branch of Germanic religion which developed during the Proto-Norse period, when the North Germanic peoples separated into distinct
Old_Norse_religion
Topics referred to by the same term
Pre-Germanic may refer to the predecessor of Common Germanic, see Germanic parent language a language spoken before the arrival of Germanic speakers during
Pre-Germanic
East Germanic tribe
The Vandals were a group of Germanic peoples who were first mentioned in passing by a small number of Roman writers in the first and second centuries,
Vandals
Germanic Myth refers to an idealized or valorized view of German tribes living to the North of Rome in the first century CE. It takes inspiration from
Germanic_Myth
Beliefs of Proto-Germanic speakers
Proto-Germanic paganism was the beliefs of the speakers of Proto-Germanic and includes topics such as the Germanic mythology, legendry, and folk beliefs
Proto-Germanic_folklore
Proposed subgrouping of Germanic language family
division of the Germanic dialects into North Germanic, West Germanic and East Germanic, but proposes additionally that North and West Germanic (i.e. all surviving
Northwest_Germanic
Type of vowel change
conjugation of Germanic strong verbs such as sing/sang/sung. While Germanic umlaut has had important consequences for all modern Germanic languages, its
Germanic_umlaut
Central European folk legends up to the 8th century
Continental Germanic mythology formed an element within Germanic paganism as practiced in parts of Central Europe occupied by Germanic peoples up to and
Continental Germanic mythology
Continental_Germanic_mythology
Extinct East Germanic language
boxes, or other symbols instead of letters. Gothic is an extinct East Germanic language that was spoken by the Goths. It is known primarily from the Codex
Gothic_language
Heroic literary traditions of the Germanic-speaking peoples
Germanic heroic legend (German: germanische Heldensage) is the heroic literary tradition of the Germanic-speaking peoples, most of which originates or
Germanic_heroic_legend
This list contains Germanic elements of the English language which have a close corresponding Latinate form. The correspondence is semantic—in most cases
List of Germanic and Latinate equivalents in English
List_of_Germanic_and_Latinate_equivalents_in_English
Ancient northern European tribe
century BC. Some generations later, Julius Caesar compared them to the Germanic peoples of his own time, and used this term for all northern peoples living
Teutons
Hypothesis about the history of Germanic languages
The Germanic substrate hypothesis attempts to explain the purportedly distinctive nature of the Germanic languages within the context of the Indo-European
Germanic_substrate_hypothesis
Thesis on the role of kings among the Germanic tribes of the 4th–11th centuries
Germanic kingship is a thesis regarding the role of kings among the pre-Christianized Germanic tribes of the Migration period (c. 300–700 AD) and Early
Germanic_kingship
Topics referred to by the same term
Germanic sound shifts are the phonological developments (sound changes) from the Proto-Indo-European language (PIE) to Proto-Germanic, in Proto-Germanic
Germanic_sound_shifts
Names given to places by Germanic peoples
Germanic toponyms are the names given to places by Germanic peoples and tribes. Besides areas with current speakers of Germanic languages, many regions
Germanic_toponymy
Type of given name
Germanic given names are traditionally dithematic; that is, they are formed from two elements (stems), by joining a prefix and a suffix. For example, King
Germanic_name
Topics referred to by the same term
Romano-Germanic may refer to: Romano-Germanic culture of ancient Germanic peoples subject to the Roman Empire Romano-Germanic law, a family of legal systems
Romano-Germanic
Early Germanic people
The Goths were a Germanic people who played a major role in the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the emergence of medieval Europe. They were first
Goths
Pan-nationalist political idea
to unify all ethnic Germans, German-speaking people, broader groups of Germanic descent, or any combination of the three, into a single nation-state often
Pan-Germanism
Topics referred to by the same term
Germanic religion may refer to: Germanic paganism Christianisation of the Germanic peoples Modern paganism in German-speaking Europe Heathenry (new religious
Germanic_religion
sub-divisions: West Germanic and North Germanic. A third group, East Germanic, is now extinct; the only known surviving East Germanic texts are written
Languages_of_Europe
West Germanic language
Low German is a West Germanic language spoken mainly in Northern Germany and the northeastern Netherlands. The dialect of Plautdietsch is also spoken in
Low_German
Period in Europe with mass population movements, 4th – 6th century AD
The first migrations of peoples (German: Völkerwanderungen) were made by Germanic tribes such as the Goths (including the Visigoths and the Ostrogoths),
Migration_Period
Romans and various Germanic peoples. The nature of these wars varied through time between Roman conquest, Germanic uprisings, later Germanic invasions of the
Chronology of warfare between the Romans and Germanic peoples
Chronology_of_warfare_between_the_Romans_and_Germanic_peoples
System of runes for Proto-Germanic
Pan-Germanic Futhark (also spelt Fuþark, /ˈfuːθɑːrk/, FOO-thark), is the oldest form of the runic alphabets. It was a writing system used by Germanic peoples
Elder_Futhark
Topics referred to by the same term
Persecution of Germanic Pagans may refer to: Christianisation of the Germanic peoples Christianization of Scandinavia Suppression of esoteric groups in
Persecution of Germanic Pagans
Persecution_of_Germanic_Pagans
Linguistic reconstruction
Proto-Germanic grammar, as inherited from Proto-Indo-European grammar. All reconstructed forms are marked with an asterisk (*). Proto-Germanic had six
Proto-Germanic_grammar
of Germanic is into three branches: East Germanic languages North Germanic languages West Germanic languages They all descend from Proto-Germanic, and
List_of_Germanic_languages
Series of sound changes affecting some West Germanic languages
or second Germanic consonant shift is a phonological development (sound change) that took place in the southern parts of the West Germanic dialect continuum
High_German_consonant_shift
Philology study of Germanic languages
Germanic philology or Germanic studies is the philological study of the Germanic languages, particularly from a comparative or historical perspective.
Germanic_philology
Early culture of the Germanic peoples
Early Germanic culture is the name given to describe the lifestyle of the early Germanic peoples. Researchers trace a distinctive Germanic identity as
Early_Germanic_culture
Historical sound change
a-mutation is a metaphonic process supposed to have taken place in late Proto-Germanic (c. 200). In a-mutation, a short high vowel (*/u/ or */i/) was lowered
Germanic_a-mutation
Language group
Weser–Rhine Germanic languages (or Rhine–Weser Germanic, German: Rheinweser-germanisch), sometimes also referred to as Istvaeonic languages, are a proposed
Weser–Rhine_Germanic
Verb form derived from common earlier Germanic languages
The Germanic language family is one of the language groups that resulted from the breakup of Proto-Indo-European (PIE). It in turn divided into North,
Germanic_verbs
Type of verb in Germanic languages
In the Germanic languages, weak verbs are by far the largest group of verbs, and are therefore often regarded as the norm (the regular verbs). They are
Germanic_weak_verb
Type of inflection in Germanic languages
the Germanic languages, a strong verb is a verb that marks its past tense by means of changes to the stem vowel. A minority of verbs in any Germanic language
Germanic_strong_verb
British transatlantic ocean liner
SS Germanic was an ocean liner built by Harland and Wolff in 1874 and operated by the White Star Line. She was the sister ship of Britannic, serving with
SS_Germanic_(1874)
Sound shift in the Germanic languages
Latin characters. Grimm's law, also known as the First Germanic Consonant Shift or First Germanic Sound Shift, is a set of sound laws describing the Proto-Indo-European
Grimm's_law
held a prominent position in early Germanic cultures, appearing both in archaeology throughout areas settled by Germanic peoples, and in textual sources
Rings in early Germanic cultures
Rings_in_early_Germanic_cultures
Natural number
language. The English name for the number "ten" originates from the Proto-Germanic root *tehun, which in turn comes from the Proto-Indo-European root *déḱm̥
10
Body of myths from Scandinavia
or Scandinavian mythology, is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing after the Christianization
Norse_mythology
Proto-Germanic sound law
characters. Verner's law describes a historical sound change in the Proto-Germanic language whereby consonants that would have otherwise been the voiceless
Verner's_law
Marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean
were important trade goods. When the Romans abandoned Britain in 410, the Germanic Angles, Frisians, Saxons, and Jutes began the next great migration across
North_Sea
Roman culture
Romano-Germanic describes the conflation of Roman culture with that of various Germanic peoples in areas successively ruled by the Roman Empire and Germanic
Romano-Germanic_culture
Earliest historical form of English language
Ingvaeonic dialects originally spoken by Germanic tribes traditionally known as the Angles, Saxons and Jutes. As the Germanic settlers became dominant in England
Old_English
Fortifications of ancient Roman provinces
The Limes Germanicus (Latin for Germanic frontier), or 'Germanic Limes', is the name given in modern times to a line of frontier (limes) fortifications
Limes_Germanicus
Conversion of Germanic peoples to Christianity
The Germanic peoples underwent gradual Christianisation in the course of late antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. By AD 700 England and Francia were officially
Christianisation of the Germanic peoples
Christianisation_of_the_Germanic_peoples
West Germanic language
Dutch (Endonym: Nederlands [ˈneːdərlɑnts] , Nederlandse taal) is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken by about 25 million
Dutch_language
Roman defeat by Germanic tribes in 9 AD
Germanic peoples and the Roman Empire between 8 and 11 September 9 CE, possibly near modern Kalkriese. Fighting began with an ambush by the Germanic alliance
Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
Battle_of_the_Teutoburg_Forest
Historical contact between the Romans and Germanic tribes
The contact between Germanic tribes and Romans can be divided into four aspects as defined by archaeologist Are Kolberg: the military, the trade, the gift
Germanic–Roman_contacts
Historical region in north-central Europe
(English: Greater Germania), Germania Libera (English: Free Germania), or Germanic Barbaricum to distinguish it from the Roman provinces of Germania Inferior
Germania
Subregion of northern Europe
name used by Pliny may be of West Germanic origin, originally denoting Scania. According to some scholars, the Germanic stem can be reconstructed as *skaðan-
Scandinavia
Esoteric philosophy
romanticism and Theosophy. The connection between this form of Germanic mysticism and historical Germanic culture is evident in the mystics' fascination with runes
Ariosophy
Association of German states (1815–1866)
ISBN 978-3-540-29289-0. Malet, Sir Alexander (1870). The Overthrow of the Germanic Confederation by Prussia in 1866. London: Longmans, Green and Co. Nipperdey
German_Confederation
in Germanic paganism and Germanic mythology, both as individuals (sacred trees) and in groups (sacred groves). The central role of trees in Germanic religion
Sacred trees and groves in Germanic paganism and mythology
Sacred_trees_and_groves_in_Germanic_paganism_and_mythology
Ancient Roman campaign
The Germanic campaigns of Drusus were a series of Roman military operations carried out between 12 and 8 BC against Germanic tribes located east of the
Drusus'_Germanic_campaign
Germanic culture is a term referring to the culture of Germanic peoples, and can be used to refer to a range of time periods and nationalities, but is
Germanic_culture
Sequence of rock strata
The Germanic Trias Supergroup (German: Germanische Trias-Supergruppe) is a lithostratigraphic unit (a sequence of rock strata) in the subsurface of large
Germanic_Trias
Group of West Germanic languages
The Anglo-Frisian languages are a proposed sub-branch of the West Germanic languages encompassing the Anglic languages (English, Scots, extinct Fingallian
Anglo-Frisian_languages
People of Germany
Germanic regions had long been strongly influenced by the same celtic La Tène culture. However, the Germanic languages associated with later Germanic
Germans
Governing assembly of early Germanic societies
tribal council, and by other names, was a governing assembly in early Germanic society, made up of the free people of the community, and presided over
Thing_(assembly)
Male given name
Wiktionary, the free dictionary. William is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman conquest in 1066
William
Mythological antecedence of the Germanic people
The Nordic Indo-Germanic people is a mythological group, from which the Germanic peoples allegedly descended. The assumption of the existence of this primordial
Nordic_Indo-Germanic_People
Earliest stage of the German language
supra-regional form of German, Old High German encompasses the numerous West Germanic dialects that had undergone the set of consonantal changes called the Second
Old_High_German
1890s–1940s German expansionist concept
non-Aryan. The Nazi government aimed at repopulating these lands with Germanic colonists in the name of Lebensraum during and following World War II.
Lebensraum
Germanic divine female being
In Germanic mythology, an idis (Old Saxon, plural idisi) is a divine female being. Idis is cognate to Old High German itis and Old English ides, meaning
Idis_(Germanic)
North Germanic language
Swedish (endonym: svenska [ˈsvɛ̂nːska] ) is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family, spoken predominantly in Sweden and parts
Swedish_language
Germanic Cherusci chieftain (18/17 BC – AD 21)
18/17 BC–AD 21) was a chieftain of the Germanic Cherusci tribe who is best known for commanding an alliance of Germanic tribes at the Battle of the Teutoburg
Arminius
Group of Germanic languages
FREE-zhən or /ˈfrɪziən/ FRIZ-ee-ən) are a closely related group of West Germanic languages, spoken by about 400,000 Frisian people, who live on the southern
Frisian_languages
a variety of modern pagan movements attempting to revive pre-Christian Germanic religiosities, such as that practised in the British Isles by Anglo-Saxon
Heathenry in the United Kingdom
Heathenry_in_the_United_Kingdom
of the Iron Age by the 4th century BC, presumably the locus of Common Germanic culture. Northern Europe enters the protohistorical period in the early
Archaeology of Northern Europe
Archaeology_of_Northern_Europe
GERMANIC
GERMANIC
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : nickname from Old French mignot ‘dainty’, ‘pleasing’.English and French : from Minnota, a pet form of the female personal name Minna. This was originally a Germanic personal name from Old High German minna ‘love’, but later it was also used as a short form of Willemina, a feminine version of William.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin) and French
English (of Norman origin) and French : from the Continental Germanic personal name Mainard, composed of the elements magin ‘strength’ + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’.
Surname or Lastname
French
French : from the Germanic personal name Milo (see Miles 1).English : variant spelling of Mill.Dutch : variant of Miele.
Surname or Lastname
Welsh
Welsh : from the Welsh personal name Meurig, a form of Maurice, Latin Mauritius (see Morris).English : from an Old French personal name introduced to Britain by the Normans, composed of the Germanic elements meri, mari ‘fame’ + rīc ‘power’.Scottish : habitational name from a place near Minigaff in the county of Dumfries and Galloway, so called from Gaelic meurach ‘branch or fork of a road or river’.Irish : when not Welsh or English in origin, probably an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mearadhaigh (see Merry).
Surname or Lastname
Scottish
Scottish : habitational name from Mar in Aberdeenshire, the etymology of which is uncertain, possibly Old Norse marr, a rare word generally denoting the sea, but perhaps also a marsh or fen, as reflected in modern dialect forms.English : habitational name from Marr in West Yorkshire, whose name is likewise of uncertain origin; possibly the same as 1.German : from the Germanic personal name Marro.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : via Old French from the Germanic personal name Milo, of unknown etymology. The name was introduced to England by the Normans in the form Miles (oblique case Milon). In English documents of the Middle Ages the name sometimes appears in the Latinized form Milo (genitive Milonis), although the normal Middle English form was Mile, so the final -s must usually represent the possessive ending, i.e. ‘son or servant of Mile’.English : patronymic from the medieval personal name Mihel, an Old French contracted form of Michael.English : occupational name for a servant or retainer, from Latin miles ‘soldier’, sometimes used as a technical term in this sense in medieval documents.Irish (County Mayo) : when not the same as 1 or 3, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maolmhuire, Myles being used as the English equivalent of the Gaelic personal name Maol Muire (see Mullery).Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : unexplained.Dutch : variant of Miels, a variant of Miele 3.John Miles or Myles (c.1621–83), born probably in Herefordshire, England, was a pioneer American Baptist minister who emigrated to New England in 1662 and had a pastorate in Swansea, MA. Many of his descendants spell their name Myles.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : status name or occupational name from Middle English, Old French maresc(h)al ‘marshal’. The term is of Germanic origin (compare Old High German marah ‘horse’, ‘mare’ + scalc ‘servant’). Originally it denoted a man who looked after horses, but by the heyday of medieval surname formation it denoted on the one hand one of the most important servants in a great household (in the royal household a high official of state, one with military responsibilities), and on the other a humble shoeing smith or farrier. It was also an occupational name for a medieval court officer responsible for the custody of prisoners. An even wider range of meanings is found in some other languages: compare for example Polish Marszałek (see Marszalek). The surname is also borne by Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.As the fourth chief justice of the U.S., John Marshall (1755–1835) was the principal architect in consolidating and defining the powers of the Supreme Court. He was a descendant of John Marshall of Ireland, who settled in Culpeper Co., VA, sometime before 1655.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : nickname for someone with boils or lumpy skin, or perhaps for a hunchback, from Middle High German maser ‘lump’, ‘protuberance’.German and English : from Middle High Germanmaser, Middle English maser ‘maple-wood bowl’ (Old French masere, of Germanic origin), hence a metonymic occupational name for a wood-turner producing such ware.English : variant spelling of Macer, an occupational name for a mace-bearer, from Old French maissier, massier, a derivative of Old French masse ‘mace’.German (Maaser) : pet form of Thomas.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : from a derivative of the Continental Germanic personal name Maginhari, composed of the elements magin ‘strength’, ‘might’ + hari ‘army’.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Gloucestershire and Worcestershire)
English (chiefly Gloucestershire and Worcestershire) : variant of Millward.French (northern) : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements mil ‘good’, ‘gracious’ + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’.Southern French : from a variant spelling of Occitan milhar ‘millet field’ (from mil ‘millet’).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Mills.Dutch : habitational name from Milheeze in the province of North Brabant.Dutch : from a short form of the personal name Amilius or Amelis (Latinized forms of a Germanic name with the initial element amal ‘strength’, ‘vigor’) or of the Latin personal name Aemilius (see Milian).
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : from the medieval personal name Masselin. This originated as an Old French pet form of Germanic names with the first element mathal ‘speech’, ‘counsel’. However, it was later used as a pet form of Matthew. Compare Mace. A feminine form, Mazelina, was probably originally a pet form of Matilda.English and French : possibly a metonymic occupational name for a maker of wooden bowls, from Middle English, Old French maselin ‘bowl or goblet of maple wood’ (a diminutive of Old French masere ‘maple wood’, of Germanic origin). In some cases it may derive from the homonymous dialect terms maslin, one of which means ‘brass’ (Old English mæslen, mæstling), the other ‘mixed grain’ (Old French mesteillon).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a boundary (see Mark 2). It is notable that early examples of the surname tend to occur near borders, for example on the Kent-Sussex boundary.English : possibly an occupational name from an agent derivative of Middle English mark(en) ‘to put a mark on’, although it is not clear what the exact nature of the work of such a ‘marker’ would be.English : relatively late development of Mercer. There is one family in Clitheroe, Lancashire, who spelled their name Mercer or Marcer in the 16th century, but Marker in the 17th.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name from Yiddish marker ‘servant’.German : status name for someone who lived on an area of land that was marked off from the village land or woodland, Middle High German merkære.Danish : from a short form of the Germanic personal name Markward.
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon)
English (Devon) : from the rare Old English masculine personal name Mocca, which may be related to a Germanic stem mokk- ‘to accumulate’, ‘to be heaped up’, and hence may originally have been a nickname for a heavy, thickset person. Alternatively, it could be from Middle English mokke ‘trick’, ‘joke’, ‘jest’, ‘act of jeering’, a derivative of mokke(n) ‘to mock’, from Old French moquer.German : variant of Maag.German : nickname for a short, thickset man, Middle High German mocke.Dutch : nickname from Middle Dutch mocke ‘dirty or wanton woman’, ‘slut’, or from West Flemish mokke ‘fat child’.
Surname or Lastname
English and Dutch
English and Dutch : from Latin Marcus, the personal name of St. Mark the Evangelist, author of the second Gospel. The name was borne also by a number of other early Christian saints. Marcus was an old Roman name, of uncertain (possibly non-Italic) etymology; it may have some connection with the name of the war god Mars. Compare Martin. The personal name was not as popular in England in the Middle Ages as it was on the Continent, especially in Italy, where the evangelist became the patron of Venice and the Venetian Republic, and was allegedly buried at Aquileia. As an American family name, this has absorbed cognate and similar names from other European languages, including Greek Markos and Slavic Marek.English, German, and Dutch (van der Mark) : topographic name for someone who lived on a boundary between two districts, from Middle English merke, Middle High German marc, Middle Dutch marke, merke, all meaning ‘borderland’. The German term also denotes an area of fenced-off land (see Marker 5) and, like the English word, is embodied in various place names which have given rise to habitational names.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Marck, Pas-de-Calais.German : from Marko, a short form of any of the Germanic compound personal names formed with mark ‘borderland’ as the first element, for example Markwardt.Americanization or shortened form of any of several like-sounding Jewish or Slavic surnames (see for example Markow, Markowitz, Markovich).Irish (northeastern Ulster) : probably a short form of Markey (when not of English origin).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a person considered prodigious in some way, from Middle English, Old French merveille ‘miracle’ (Latin mirabilia, originally neuter plural of the adjective mirabilis ‘admirable’, ‘amazing’). The nickname was no doubt sometimes given with mocking intent.English : habitational name, from places called Merville. The one in Nord is named from Old French mendre ‘smaller’, ‘lesser’ (Latin minor) + ville ‘settlement’; that in Calvados seems to have as its first element a Germanic personal name, probably a short form of a compound name with the first element mari, meri ‘famous’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.Dutch (Minsen) patronymic from the Germanic personal name Me(g)inzo.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived on the border between two territories, especially in the Marches between England and Wales or England and Scotland, from Anglo-Norman French marche ‘boundary’ (of Germanic origin; compare Mark 2). In some cases, the surname may be a habitational name from March in Cambridgeshire, which was probably named from the locative case of Old English mearc ‘boundary’.English : from a nickname or personal name for someone who was born or baptized in the month of March (Middle English, Old French march(e), Latin Martius (mensis), from the name of the god Mars) or who had some other special connection with the month, such as owing a feudal obligation then.Catalan : from the personal name March, Catalan equivalent of Mark 1.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for someone with a blithe or happy disposition, from Middle English merry ‘lively’, ‘cheerful’ (Old English myr(i)ge ‘pleasant’, ‘agreeable’).Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mearadhaigh, Ó Meardha ‘descendant of Mearadhach’, ‘descendant of Meardha’, personal names derived from an adjective meaning ‘lively’, ‘wild’, ‘wanton’.French : from a vernacular form of the personal name Médéric, derived from a Germanic personal name conposed of mecht ‘strength’, ‘might’ + rīc ‘power’; ‘ruler’.French : habitational name from Merry in Yonne or Merri in Orne, derived from the Latin personal name Matrius + the suffix -acum.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Major 1.French : from the same personal name as 1, or from a short form of the personal name Amauger, from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements amal ‘strength’, ‘vigor’ + gÄr, gÄ“r ‘spear’.South German : dialect variant of Maunker, nickname for a morose person.
GERMANIC
GERMANIC
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Telugu
Blessings of God
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
A narrator of hadith
Girl/Female
Indian, Malayalam
Born in Good
Boy/Male
Hindu
Respectable
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Big Sky
Girl/Female
Muslim
Morning
Girl/Female
English
Modern.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Strong; Healthy
Boy/Male
Afghan, Arabic, Muslim
A Prophet's Name
Girl/Female
Scottish
From the oak tree ford.
GERMANIC
GERMANIC
GERMANIC
GERMANIC
GERMANIC
a.
Of or pertaining to the people called Aryans; Indo-European; Indo-Germanic; as, the Aryan stock, the Aryan languages.
n.
Of or pertaining to Germany; as, the Germanic confederacy.
n.
One of an ancient German tribe; later, a name applied to any member of the Germanic race in Europe; now used to designate a German, Dutchman, Scandinavian, etc., in distinction from a Celt or one of a Latin race.
a.
Same as Aryan, and Indo-European.
n.
One of a primitive people supposed to have lived in prehistoric times, in Central Asia, east of the Caspian Sea, and north of the Hindoo Koosh and Paropamisan Mountains, and to have been the stock from which sprang the Hindoo, Persian, Greek, Latin, Celtic, Teutonic, Slavonic, and other races; one of that ethnological division of mankind called also Indo-European or Indo-Germanic.
a.
Pertaining to or denoting the Teutonic family of languages as related to the Sanskrit, or derived from the ancient Aryan language.
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, germanium.
n.
A tree of the genus Mespilus (M. Germanica); also, the fruit of the tree. The fruit is something like a small apple, but has a bony endocarp. When first gathered the flesh is hard and austere, and it is not eaten until it has begun to decay.
a.
Of or pertaining to (a) the Batavi, an ancient Germanic tribe; or to (b) /atavia or Holland; as, a Batavian legion.
a.
Of or pertaining to the Teutons, esp. the ancient Teutons; Germanic.
n.
Teutonic.