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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Cuno m. Old High German kuoni 'daring' from Proto-Germanic *kōniz 'able, knowledgeable, skillful, clever' or a pet form of any of various names beginning with this element, such as Conrad.

Brabant
Latin
1312 Cono (nom) JeanIII p. 28, Cononis (gen) ibid. p. 21
France
Latin
1016 Cuono HGSav-4.1 p. 3; 1060 Cona (abl) StVdM-II 704; 1113 Cono (nom) CartNDJosaphat II; 1147 Conone (abl) clairvaux-12thc 16; 1378 Cono (nom) hanquetvol1 2450
Germany
Latin
1151 Chuono (nom) mairhofer XXXVIII; 1174 Cono (nom) quix-vol1 33; 1185 Cono (nom) ibid. 36; 1192 Cono (nom) ibid. 40; 1197 Cono (nom) ibid. 83, Cononis (gen) ibid. 83; 1207 Cono (nom) hennes-vol1 8; 1215 Cono (nom) quix-vol2 126; 1216 Cuno (nom) hennes-vol1 22; 1218 Cuno (nom) ibid. 30; 1219 Cuno (nom) ibid. 41; 1220 Cono (nom) ibid. 44; 1221 Cuno (nom) ibid. 58; 1222 Cuno (nom) ibid. 62; 1242 Cunonis (gen) ibid. 108; 1253 Cuno (nom) ibid. 150; 1255 Cuno (nom) ibid. 156, Cunone (abl) ibid. 156; 1258 Cuno (nom) ibid. 185, Cunonis (gen) ibid. 185; 1259 Cono (nom) ibid. 186, Cononis (gen) ibid. 186
1260 Chunling (nom) hennes-vol1 187
Switzerland
Latin
1134 Conone (abl) CartHaut 1; 1161 Cono (nom) ibid. 10, Cononem (acc) ibid. 9; 1163 Cono (nom) ibid. 13; 1179 Cono (nom) ibid. 24; 1188 Cononis (gen) ibid. 28; 1215 Cono (nom) ibid. 33
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Cuno". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2016/3/name/Cuno.