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Cuno m. Old High German kuoni 'daring' from Proto-Germanic *kōniz 'able, knowledgeable, skillful, clever' or a pet form of any of various names beginning with this element, such as Conrad.

Austria
Latin
● c1070 Chuono (nom) UrkStyria 70; c1100 Choͮno (nom) ibid. 92; c1125 Chuno (nom) ibid. 115; 1231 Chuno (nom) UBEnns3 II
Brabant
Latin
● 1312 Cono (nom) JeanIII p. 28, Cononis (gen) ibid. p. 21
France
Latin
● 1016 Cuono HGSav-4.1 p. 3; 1060 Cona (abl) StVdM-II 704; 1096 Cono (nom) CartSPL1 IX; 1147 Conone (abl) clairvaux-12thc 16; 1378 Cono (nom) hanquetvol1 2450
Germany
Latin
● 1058 Cvono (nom) UrkStyria 65; 1151 Chuono (nom) mairhofer XXXVIII; 1174 Cono (nom) quix-vol1 33; 1185 Cono (nom) ibid. 36; 1192 Cono (nom) ibid. 40; 1197 Cono (nom) ibid. 83, Cononis (gen) ibid. 83; 1207 Cono (nom) hennes-vol1 8; 1215 Cono (nom) quix-vol2 126; 1216 Cuno (nom) hennes-vol1 22; 1218 Cuno (nom) ibid. 30; 1219 Cuno (nom) ibid. 41; 1220 Cono (nom) ibid. 44; 1221 Cuno (nom) ibid. 58; 1222 Cuno (nom) ibid. 62; 1242 Cunonis (gen) ibid. 108; 1253 Cuno (nom) ibid. 150; 1255 Cuno (nom) ibid. 156, Cunone (abl) ibid. 156; 1258 Cuno (nom) ibid. 185, Cunonis (gen) ibid. 185; 1259 Cono (nom) ibid. 186, Cononis (gen) ibid. 186; 1322 Chuͦno (nom) SMM p. 160, Cuͦnoni (gen) ibid. p. 164; 1394 Chuͦno (nom) ibid. p. 190, Chuͦnonis (gen) ibid. p. 177
◑ 1260 Chunling (nom) hennes-vol1 187; 1284 Conemanno (abl) ibid. 296, Cunmanno (abl) ibid. 297; 1288 Cunemannus (nom) ibid. 311, Cunzo (nom) ibid. 311
Italy
Latin
● 1113 Cono (nom) CartNDJosaphat II; 1169 Cononis (gen) SDE3 II; 1367 Cononis (gen) Livi 138
Latvia
Latin
◑ 1290 Coneke (nom) RigSB 581; 1298 Konike (nom) ibid. 1010; 1299 Coneke (nom) ibid. 272
Switzerland
Latin
● 2h12thC Cono (nom) CartChart 6, Conone (abl) ibid. 6; 1134 Conone (abl) CartHaut 1; 1161 Cono (nom) ibid. 10, Cononem (acc) ibid. 9; 1163 Cono (nom) ibid. 13; 1179 Cono (nom) ibid. 24; 1188 Cononis (gen) ibid. 28; 1215 Cono (nom) ibid. 33; 1228 Cono (abl) CLC p. 14; 1235 Cono (nom) ibid. p. 21, Conone (abl) ibid. p. 26, Cononem (acc) ibid. p. 34, Cononi (dat) ibid. p. 33, Cononis (gen) ibid. p. 25
◑ 1352 Conodo (abl) MHN DXLVII, Conodus (nom) ibid. DXLVII
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Cuno". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Cuno.