Germanic given names are traditionally dithematic ; that is, they are formed from two elements, by joining a prefix and a suffix . For example, King Æþelred 's name was derived from æþele , meaning "noble", and ræd , meaning "counsel".
11-1872: Berardi is an Italian surname. It is derived from the Germanic berahard , composed by * berô (" bear ") and * harduz ("hard", "brave"), and can therefore be interpreted as "daring bear". Notable people with the surname include: Angelo Berardi (1636–1694), Italian music theorist and composer Antonio Berardi (born 1968), British fashion designer Carbo Sebastiano Berardi (1719–1768), Italian Roman Catholic priest and canon lawyer Cristofano Berardi , Italian engraver Domenico Berardi (born 1994), Italian footballer Fabio Berardi (born 1959), Sammarinese politician Fabio Berardi (engraver) (1728–1788), Italian engraver Filippo Berardi (born 1992), Sammarinese footballer Franco Berardi (born 1948), Italian Marxist theorist Gaetano Berardi (born 1988), Swiss footballer Giancarlo Berardi (born 1949), Italian comic book writer Giovanni Berardi (1380–1449), Italian cardinal Pasquale Berardi (born 1983), Italian footballer Simone Berardi (born 1979), Italian footballer See also [ edit ] Bernardi References [ edit ] ^ La Stella T., Enzo (1993). Santi e fanti: Dizionario dei nomi di persona (in Italian). Rome: Zanichelli. p. 385. ISBN 88-08-14080-6 . ^ Altdeutsches Namenbuch (in German). Munich; Hildesheim: Wilhelm Fink; Georg Olms. 1856. p. 1400. ^ Burgio, Alfonso (1992). Dizionario dei nomi propri di persona (in Italian). Roma: Hermes Edizioni. p. 352. ISBN 88-7938-013-3 . [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
22-451: A diminutive, something that is smaller in a tender or affectionate sense; the root korízesthai originates in the Greek for 'to caress' or 'to treat with tokens of affection', and is related to the words κόρος ( kóros ) 'boy, youth' and κόρη ( kórē ) 'girl, young woman'. In linguistics , the term can be used more specifically to refer to the morphological process by which
33-426: A range of bynames: additional names that accompany a 'forename'. These can be toponymic (locational), occupational, genealogical, or 'nicknames'. Hypocorism A hypocorism ( / h aɪ ˈ p ɒ k ər ɪ z əm / hy- POK -ər-iz-əm or / ˌ h aɪ p ə ˈ k ɒr ɪ z əm / HY -pə- KORR -iz-əm ; from Ancient Greek ὑποκόρισμα hypokórisma ; sometimes also hypocoristic ), or pet name ,
44-535: A remnant of their second element, but reduced so that it cannot be identified unambiguously any longer; Curt/Kurt may abbreviate either Conrad or Cunibert. Harry may abbreviate either Harold or Henry. Other monothematic names may have originated as bynames rather than hypocorisms of old dithematic names; examples may include Old English Æsc "ash tree", Carl "free man" ( Charles ), Hengest "stallion", Raban "raven" ( Rabanus Maurus ), Hagano/ Hagen "enclosure", Earnest "vigorous, resolute". Germanic names often feature
55-413: Is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as Izzy for Isabel or Bob for Robert, or it may be unrelated. Etymologically, the term hypocorism is from Ancient Greek ὑποκόρισμα ( hypokórisma ), from ὑποκορίζεσθαι ( hypokorízesthai ), meaning 'to call by endearing names'. The prefix hypo- refers in this case to creating
66-426: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Germanic name However, there are also names dating from an early time which seem to be monothematic, consisting only of a single element. These are sometimes explained as hypocorisms , short forms of originally dithematic names, but in many cases the etymology of the supposed original name cannot be recovered. The oldest known Germanic names date to
77-726: The High Middle Ages , many of these names had undergone numerous sound changes and/or were abbreviated, so that their derivation is not always clear. Of the large number of medieval Germanic names, a comparatively small set remains in common use today. For almost a thousand years, the most frequent name of Germanic origin in the English-speaking world has traditionally been William (from the Old High German Willahelm ), followed by Robert , Richard and Henry . Many native English (Anglo-Saxon) names fell into disuse in
88-636: The Roman Empire period, such as those of Arminius and his wife Thusnelda in the 1st century CE, and in greater frequency, especially Gothic names , in the late Roman Empire, in the 4th to 5th centuries (the Germanic Heroic Age ). A great variety of names are attested from the medieval period , falling into the rough categories of Scandinavian ( Old Norse ), Anglo-Saxon ( Old English ), continental ( Frankish , Old High German and Low German ), and East Germanic (see Gothic names ) forms. By
99-706: The surname Berardi . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Berardi&oldid=1192030109 " Categories : Surnames Surnames of Italian origin Germanic-language surnames Hidden categories: CS1 Italian-language sources (it) CS1 German-language sources (de) Articles with text in Germanic languages Articles with short description Short description
110-990: The later Middle Ages, but experienced a revival in the Victorian era ; some of these are Edward , Edwin , Edmund , Edgar , Alfred , Oswald and Harold for males; the female names Mildred and Gertrude also continue to be used in present day, Audrey continues the Anglo-Norman (French) form of the Anglo-Saxon Æðelþryð , while the name Godiva is a Latin form of Godgifu . Some names, like Howard and Ronald , are thought to originate from multiple Germanic languages, including Anglo-Saxon. OH þrúðr, OE þrȳð, drut, trud, thrud, thryth Some medieval Germanic names are attested in simplex form; these names may have originated as hypocorisms of full dithematic names, but in some cases they entered common usage and were no longer perceived as such. Some hypocorisms retain
121-742: The standard form of the word is transformed into a form denoting affection , or to words resulting from this process. In English, a word is often clipped down to a closed monosyllable and then suffixed with -y / -ie (phonologically /- i / ). Sometimes the suffix -o is included as well as other forms or templates. Hypocoristics are often affective in meaning and are particularly common in Australian English , but can be used for various purposes in different semantic fields, including personal names, place names, and nouns. Hypocorisms are usually considered distinct from diminutives, but they can also overlap. This name-related article
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