Firmin
m.
Latin Firminus, a diminutive of Latin firmus 'firm, strong'.
The name of a 3rd C saint.
Fremin is a Norman and Picard form. For more information, see Morlet, s.n. Fremin.
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1189 Feremannus (nom) GASurv p. 234
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1163 Firmino (abl) clairvaux-12thc 104;
1301 Firmini (gen) MemPic-vol17 p. 178,
Firmino (abl) ibid. p. 245,
Firminus (nom) ibid. p. 176;
1378 Firmino (dat) hanquetvol1 811
- Old French
- ● 1301 Fermin (obl) MemPic-vol17 p. 234,
Fermins (nom) ibid. p. 234,
Fremin ibid. p. 232,
Fremins (nom) ibid. p. 234;
1313 Fremin Paris1313 p. 50
- Middle French
- ● 1388 Fremin thierry;
1392 Fremin MemBret-II col. 599;
1421 Fremin favier 579;
1564 Fremin RegPCC-1 p. 44;
1567 Fremin ibid. p. 299;
1568 Fremin ibid. p. 367;
1571 Fremin ibid. p. 461
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Firmin". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 4. http://dmnes.org/2016/4/name/Firmin.