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[Facts] three masculine Italian names (Alvis, Masseo & Monaldo)

by Swiff

11/26/2009, 7:29 AM

I am currently reading a book about the life of St. Francis who lived from 1181/1182 to 1226 in Italy.
In the book men named Monaldo, Masseo and Alvis were mentioned.
Do you have any further information about these three names?

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- Rene +4

11/26/2009, 10:41 AM

Alvis seems very close to Alvise, which is in BtN's database as a variant of Louis.

This page here:
http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/pisa/pisa-given-freq.html
explains Masseo as a variant of Matteo.

Not sure about Monaldo. It has a sound as of Germanic origin. This page here of questionable reliability:
http://www.italia-mia.it/nomi/monaldo.asp
seems to hint at a combination of Old High German words munt and waltan, but I could not find a corresponding German name Mundwald which should probably result, only a Old High German common word 'mundwald' with a meaning of 'guardian' or 'custodian'.

- Swiff

11/27/2009, 1:21 AM

Thank you!

I thought Masseo could be related to Matteo but could not find it.

Thank you very much!

- vigdis (guest) +2

11/26/2009, 4:27 PM

Alvis is also in the database.

Next time, search.

- Swiff

11/27/2009, 1:22 AM

That was not helpful.

I think Rene did explain it very well.

- Rene

11/26/2009, 10:29 PM

Indeed. Did you also *read* the etymology of Alvis? I thought it not very probable that somebody in 12th century Italy has a name with a Norse origin, like the name Alvis, written thus and in the database.

Alvise, on the other hand, is still in use today in Italy.

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