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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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Gideon m. Hebrew גִּדְעוֹן 'destroyer, warrior'.

The name of a Biblical Israelite judge and Christian saint. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Gedeon.

The name came into use amongst Protestants in the 16th C.

Belgium
Dutch
● 1597x1598 Gedeon BoonenGes p. 355
England
Dutch
● 1571 Gedeon AuFr Garcie; 1572 Gedeon ibid. Luucx; 1574 Gedeon ibid. Spurckels; 1575 Gedeon ibid. Bode; 1590 Gideon ibid. Caluwe; 1591 Gedeon ibid. p. 88; 1592 Gedeons (gen) ibid. Adriaenssen
Early Modern English
● 1593 Gedeon bruton1 p. 121, Gideon ibid. p. 52; 1596 Gedeon ibid. p. 55
Middle French
● 1574 gedeon WCS p. 10; 1585 Gedeon ibid. p. 19; 1588 Gedeon ibid. p. 21
Walloon
● 1582 Gedeon RWC p. 563; 1593 Gedeon ibid. p. 27; 1594 Gedeon ibid. p. 33
France
Middle French
● 1562 Gedéon RegPCC-1 p. 6; 1568 Gédéon ibid. p. 398; 1588 Gédéon raymond1588 p. 569
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Gideon". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2020, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2020/1/name/Gideon.