Name Element

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Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

In Germanic names the meanings 'beard' and 'small axe' often got mixed up. In some cases the name element belongs rather to -bart/-bert (see BJÖRT) [1]

Ancient Germanic

*barð- = 'beard' [2]



Old Norse

barð = 'beard' [2]

barð = 'beard', 'brim', 'verge', 'beak' (of a ship), 'ship' [3]

barð = 'brim', 'verge', 'beak' (of a ship) [4]



Old Saxon

barda = 'little axe' [1] [5]



Anglo-Saxon

beard = 'brim', 'verge', 'beak' (of a ship) [4]



Middle English

berd = 'brim', 'verge', 'beak' (of a ship) [4]



Old High German

bart = 'beard' [6]

barta = 'little axe' [1]



Related Names

See Barði

Combinations

Name

Element Example DAG see Dagbart (Norse) HAG see Hagupart (German) HLÉ see Hlébarðr (Norse) ING see Ingbart RAD see Ráðbarðr

Last Element Forms

-bard -bardh -barðr -barður -bart -barth

-berd

-bol

-bor

-bordh

-part

-vart -word

References