Godard
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Old High German, Old Dutch got, Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Old English god 'god, deity' + Old Saxon hard, Old High German hart 'strong, hard' or Old English heard 'hard'.
The name of an 11th C German saint.
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1194 Godardo (dat) RotCur-vol1 p. 9,
Godardus (nom) ibid. p. 9;
1222 Godardus (nom) StPaulDom p. 27
- Estonia
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- Middle Low German
- ● 1437 Goedert BbRT p. 360
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1301 Godardus (nom) MemPic-vol17 p. 176
- ◑ 1260 Guodinus (nom) ArrestReg-volI XIV, Ascension
- Old French
- ● 1296 Godart paris1296 p. 61,
(obl) HistHdVParis p. 134;
1297 Godart (obl) ibid. p. 135
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 963x1023 Godhard (nom) TradCorb §226
- Early New High German
- ● 1497 Gothart Nurn1497 2606
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Godard". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2017, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2017/1/name/Godard.