Dodo
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This can be a hypocoristic of any of various names beginning with Do-, formed by reduplication; a hypocoristic of names beginning with Dod-, of uncertain origin, possibly either Old High German toto 'sponsor, godparent' or Old High German *dodh 'judgement'; or, in some rare cases, Hebrew דּוֹדוֹ from Hebrew דּוֹד 'beloved'.
The Hebrew name was the name of a two, possibly three, obscure Old Testatment characters. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Dodan, Thola.
- France
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- Latin
- ● 814 Dodo (nom) StVdM-II A4;
c823 Dodo (nom) irminon-vol2 14, Gaugiacum;
1060 Dodo (nom) StVdM-II 730;
1079x1101 Dodo (nom) CartStPC IX;
1094 Dodonis (gen) StVdM-II 686;
1101x1129 Dodo (nom) CartStPC XXIII;
1135 Dodo (nom) clairvaux-12thc 7;
1138x1162 Dodonis (gen) ibid. 66;
1147 Dodo (nom) ibid. 18,
Dodone (abl) ibid. 18,
Dodonis (gen) ibid. 18;
1147x1158 Dodo (nom) ibid. 35;
1163–64 Dodo (nom) ibid. 115;
1164 Dodo (nom) ibid. 121;
1166 Dodone (abl) ibid. 129,
Dodonis (gen) ibid. 129;
1179 Dodo (nom) ibid. 176
- ◑ c823 Dodinus (nom) irminon-vol2 67
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 822x875 Dodo (abl) TradCorb §31;
1108 Dodo (nom) quix-vol1 85
- Spain
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- Latin
- ● 896 Dodo (nom) CDCB-XV MMXX
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Dodo". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2017, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2017/1/name/Dodo.