Name Element HRUOD

Type Word & Element

Meaning & History

Old High German word meaning "fame, glory".

Related Items

Other Languages & Cultureshroð(Anglo-Saxon) hroþi(Frankish) hroþs(Gothic) hrōþiz(Old Germanic) hróðr(Old Norse) hroth(Old Saxon)
Given Name DescendantsRobert, Roland(Albanian) Hroðgar, Hrothgar, Hroðulf, Hrothulf(Anglo-Saxon) Rudolf(Armenian) Roparzh(Breton) Orlando, Roland, Rolant, Rollant, Ruggiero(Carolingian Cycle) Robert, Roger, Rosa, Roderic(Catalan) Robert(Croatian) Robert, Rudolf, Klotylda(Czech) Robert, Rolf, Rosa(Danish) Robert, Roeland, Roelof, Roger, Rogier, Roland, Rosa, Rudolf, Rutger, Robbert, Robrecht, Rodolf(Dutch) Robert, Roberta, Roderick, Roger, Roland, Rolf, Rolland, Rollo, Rosa, Rose, Royce, Rudolph, Rupert, Clotilda, Rodger, Rodolph, Rolo, Rolph, Rowland(English) Robert(Estonian) Rósa(Faroese) Robert, Roosa, Rosa, Roopertti(Finnish) Clothilde, Clotilde, Robert, Roberte, Rodolphe, Rodrigue, Roger, Roland, Rolande, Rolland, Rose, Rodolph(French) Rodrigo(Galician) Roland(Georgian) Robert, Roger, Roland, Rolf, Rosa, Roswitha, Rüdiger, Rudolf, Rupert, Ruprecht, Klothilde, Rodolf(German) Chrodechildis, Clothildis, Hrodebert, Hroderich, Hrodger, Hrodland, Hrodohaidis, Hrodperht, Hrodulf, Hrolf, Hrotsuitha, Hruodnand, Hruodsuind, Robert, Robertus, Rosa, Rothaid, Roza(Germanic) Hroþireiks, Rudericus(Gothic) Loránd, Lóránt, Rezső, Róbert, Roland, Róza, Rózsa, Rudolf, Klotild(Hungarian) Róbert, Rósa(Icelandic) Roibeárd, Róise, Ruarc, Róis(Irish) Clotilde, Orlando, Roberta, Roberto, Rodolfo, Rodrigo, Rolando, Rosa, Ruggero, Orlanda, Ruggiero(Italian) Roberts, Rūdolfs(Latvian) Robertas, Rolandas, Rožė(Lithuanian) Rohese, Rohesia, Roul, Royse(Medieval English) Rolant, Rollant, Roul(Medieval French) Roar, Robert, Roger, Rolf, Rosa(Norwegian) Hrōþiberhtaz, Hrōþigaizaz, Hrōþihildiz, Hrōþilandaz, Hrōþirīks, Hrōþiwulfaz(Old Germanic) Ruarcc(Old Irish) Hróarr, Hrœrekr, Hrólfr, Hrǿríkr, Hróðgeirr, Hróðulfr(Old Norse) Robert, Roland, Róża, Klotylda(Polish) Clotilde, Orlando, Roberta, Roberto, Rodolfo, Rodrigo, Rogério, Rolando, Rosa, Roldão(Portuguese) Robert(Romanian) Robert, Rolan, Rudolf, Rurik(Russian) Raibeart(Scottish Gaelic) Róbert, Roland, Rudolf(Slovak) Robert(Slovene) Clotilde, Orlando, Roberta, Roberto, Rodolfo, Rodrigo, Rogelio, Rolando, Roldán, Rosa, Ruperta, Ruperto(Spanish) Robert, Roger, Roland, Rolf, Rosa(Swedish)
Surname DescendantsRobertsen(Danish) Rutgers(Dutch) Robert, Roberts, Robertson, Roderick, Rogers, Rogerson, Rose, Rowe, Royce, Ruff, Rodgers, Rowland(English) Robert, Roger, Rolland(French) Ruf, Ruff(German) Rózsa, Ruzsa(Hungarian) Róbertsson(Icelandic) Orlando, Ruggeri, Ruggiero, Ruzzier(Italian) Rolvsson(Norwegian) Rodrigo, Rodrigues(Portuguese) Rodrigo, Rodríguez, Rodriguez, Rodriquez, Roldán(Spanish) Robertsson(Swedish) Probert(Welsh)

Sources & References

  1. Köbler, Gerhard. Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, entry *ruod, available from https://www.koeblergerhard.de/ahdwbhin.html.
Entry added December 7, 2022