Gideon
m.
Hebrew גִּדְעוֹן 'destroyer, warrior'.
The name of a Biblical Israelite judge and Christian saint. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Gedeon.
The name came into use amongst Protestants in the 16th C.
- England
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- Dutch
- ● 1571 Gedeon AuFr Garcie;
1575 Gedeon ibid. Bode;
1590 Gideon ibid. Caluwe;
1592 Gedeons (gen) ibid. Adriaenssen
- Early Modern English
- ● 1593 Gideon bruton-vol1 p. 52;
1596 Gedeon ibid. p. 55
- France
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- Middle French
- ● 1562 Gedéon RegPCC-1 p. 6;
1568 Gédéon ibid. p. 398;
1588 Gédéon raymond1588 p. 569
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Gideon". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2016/3/name/Gideon.