EGG

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Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

See also AGI - these name elements are often very difficult to tell apart.

Ancient Germanic

*agi,ō = 'edge, sharpness of a weapon, sword' [1]
*aʒ- = 'edge, point' [2]

Gothic

*agja = 'edge, sharpness of a weapon, sword' [1]

Old Norse

egg = 'edge of a weapon' [3]

Old Saxon

eggia = 'edge, sharpness of a weapon, sword' [1]
eggia = 'edge, sword' [4]

Old High German

egga = 'edge, sharpness of a weapon, sword' [1]
ecka = 'edge, sharpness of a weapon, sword' [1]

Related Names

See Aghi, *AʒilaR, Agni, Aise, Egin, Egon, Ekke, Eino

Combinations

Name
Element    
Example
BJÖRN see Ábiǫrn
DIARF see ÁdiarfR
DIS see Ádís
FAST see Áfastr
FRÍÐ see Áfríðr
GAUT see Ágautr
GEIR see ÁgæiRR
GERD see Ágærðr
GOT see Águti
GUNN see Ågunn
HARD see Eginhart (German) and Eckehard (German)
HER see Agnarr (Norse)
LEIF see Egilleif
MOD see Ámóða
MUND see Agmundr
NOR see Ignor
VALD see Agvaldr (Norse) and Eginoald (German)
VID see Agviðr

First Element Forms

A- Á- Ag- Agh-
Ech- Eck- Ecke-
Eg- Egg- Egin- Egino-
Ein-
Ejn-
Ek-
En- Ene- Enn-
Í-
O- Og-
Å- Aa-
Ög- Øg- Ǫg-

References

  1. Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  2. Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
  3. Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  4. Wilhelm Schlaug: Die altsächsischen Personennamen vor dem Jahre 1000 (1962)