SUÐ

From Nordic Names - www.nordicnames.de - All rights reserved.

Nameguide note desktop.png

Nameguide note mobile.png

Name Element

Advertisement:


Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element, see also SUNN


Ancient Germanic

sunthaz = 'sun-side'

Old Norse

suðr = 'southern', '(from the) south' [1]
sunnr = 'southern', '(from the) south' [1]

Old Saxon

suth = 'southward', 'in the south'

Old Frisian

suth = 'southward', 'in the south'

Old English

suð = 'southward', 'to the south', 'southern', 'in the south'

Related Names

See Sundri

Combinations

Name
Element    
Example
HER see *Sunþaharjaz (Norse) and Sunthari (German)

First Element Forms

Sunt-
*Sunþa-

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lena Peterson: Lexikon över urnordiska personnamn (2004)