Tudor
m.
Proto-Celtic *towtā 'people, tribe' + Proto-Celtic *rīxs.
The name of an English royal house of Welsh origin.
A cognate of Theodoric. Tew- spellings can sometimes be forms of Tudor and sometimes Welsh forms of Theodore.
- England
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- Early Modern English
- ● 1560 Tudyr RegSASel p. 7
- Wales
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- Latin
- ● 1452 Tudur (nom) ArchCambIII p. 71;
1453 Tudur (nom) ibid. p. 69;
1454 Tudur (nom) ibid. p. 71;
1455 Tudur (nom) ibid. p. 72;
1456 Tudur (nom) ibid. p. 258;
1497 Tudor (nom) ibid. p. 68;
1535 Tewdor (nom) ibid. p. 211
- Welsh
- ● 1581 Tydir RegCon1 p. 36
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Tudor". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2017, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2017/1/name/Tudor.