Manfred
m.
Old High German man 'man' or Old High German megin, magan 'strength, might, power' + Old High German fridu, Old Saxon frithu 'peace'.
The name of a 13th C king of Sicily.
- France
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- Latin
- ● 909 Monfredo (abl) St-Barnard-Romans no. 77;
1153 Manfredus (nom) CartNDSaintes IX;
1163 Mainfridus (nom) clairvaux-12thc 99;
1165 Manfredus (nom) ibid. 126;
1167 Mamfredus (nom) CartNDSaintes X
- Old French
- ● 1292 Maynfroi (obl) HistHdVParis p. 117
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1257 Manfredo (abl) hennes-vol1 167;
1326 Manfredo (abl) Friuli-14thC no. 441;
1366 Manfredis (gen) Livi 108;
1370 Manfredi (gen) ibid. 25;
1376 Mamffredo (abl) DouGen1 p. 23,
Manffredo (abl) ibid. p. 50;
1464 Manfredus (nom) CUP-III-I CCXXXI
- ◑ 1326 Manfredino (abl) Friuli-14thC no. 438
- Switzerland
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- Latin
- ● 1436 Manfredi (gen) MHCG2 209
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Manfred". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2020, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2020/1/name/Manfred.