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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.

Austria
Latin
c1070 Chuono (nom) UrkStyria 70; c1100 Choͮno (nom) ibid. 92; c1125 Chuno (nom) ibid. 115
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
1058 Cvono (nom) UrkStyria 65; 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; 1322 Chuͦno (nom) SMM p. 160, Cuͦnoni (gen) ibid. p. 164; 1394 Chuͦno (nom) ibid. p. 190, Chuͦnonis (gen) ibid. p. 177
1260 Chunling (nom) hennes-vol1 187
Italy
Latin
1169 Cononis (gen) SDE3 II
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 2017, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2017/1/name/Cuno.