Rado
m.
A pet form of any name beginning with Old Saxon rād, Old High German rāt 'counsel, advice', also sometimes used as a standalone name in its own right.
The name of a 10th C German saint.
- Brabant
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- Latin
- ● 1312 Rasonis (gen) JeanIII p. 14
- ◑ 1312 Rassini (gen) JeanIII p. 20
- France
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- Latin
- ● 657 Rado (nom) DCEL-2 CCCXXIX;
700 Ratone (abl) ibid. XIV;
854 Radonis (gen) InsMacon VII;
1378 Rassoni (dat) hanquetvol1 1088
- Middle French
- ● 1415[1469x1471] Rasse Waurin p. 227;
1418 Rasse HGParis p. 389;
1421 Rasse favier 1122
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 779 Radoni (dat) quix-vol1 1;
822x875 Radi (abl) TradCorb §172;
1135 Rado (nom) quix-vol1 95;
1165 Razonis (gen) ibid. 93
- Poland
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- Latin
- ● 1251 Razo (nom) hennes-vol1 141
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Rado". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2016/3/name/Rado.