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ChlotharGender | Masculine |
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Word/name | Germanic |
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Meaning | "Famous warrior" |
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Region of origin | Europe |
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Related names | Lothar |
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Chlothar (Latin Chlotharius; Greek Khlōthários Χλωθάριος; French Clotaire) is a Germanic given name, attested in Old English as Hloþhere, in Old High German as Lothari (Lothair, Lothar), and reconstructed in Frankish as *Hlodhari. It means "famous warrior", as a combination of the Germanic root hlut- (lauded, famous) and the word heri (army, warrior).[1]
It can refer to the following kings of the Franks:
References
- ^ Wolfgang Jungandreas and Hans H. Anton (1981). "Chlothar I." Germanische Altertumskunde Online.