Ado
m.
A short form of any of various names beginning with Old High German adal 'noble'.
The name of a 9th C Frankish saint.
- France
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- Latin
- ● c680 Ado (nom) CartYonne1 VIII;
c823 Ado (nom) irminon-vol2 33, Ved;
10thC Adonis (gen) St-Bernard-Romans 134;
11thC Ado (nom) ibid. no. 112,
Adonis (gen) ibid. 135;
c11thC Adono (abl) ibid. no. 91;
1031 Addonis (gen) ibid. no. 107;
1046 Adonis (gen) ibid. 139;
1050 Addonis (gen) ibid. no. 100;
1115 Ado (nom) CartNDJosaphat V;
1120 Ado (nom) ibid. VIII;
1121 Ado (nom) clairvaux-12thc 2;
1135 Ado (nom) ibid. 7;
1147 Addo (nom) ibid. 15;
1164 Ado (nom) ibid. 122
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Ado". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2018, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2018/1/name/Ado.