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[Facts] Aldegonde?
My girlfriend and I were just browsing a French names site for a name for our third child, and I stumbled across Aldegonde, which I had vaguely heard before but she hadn't. It's not posted on BtN, and we were wondering if anyone knows what it means and where it's originally from? Thanks!

This message was edited 3/14/2009, 8:31 AM

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It's a Germanic name (so it would be roughly from Germany or the Netherlands) and it most likely comes from Adelgonde. Adelgonde means "noble" (Adel-) and "war" (-gonde), so it would mean "noble warrior/fighter" combined.
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I'm not sure it's a 100% reliable but according to meilleursprénoms.com Aldegonde is of german origin and includes two elements meaning noble and war.http://www.meilleursprenoms.com/Etymologie/Etymologie.php3?search=AldegondeThere also seems to be a saint named Aldegonde:
http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/golden348.htm
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