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View Name: Meinrad


MEINRAD
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: German, Ancient Germanic
PRONOUNCED: MIEN-raht (German)   [key]
Meaning & History
Derived from the Germanic elements magan "strength, might" and rad "counsel". Saint Meinrad was a 9th-century hermit who founded the Benedictine abbey at Einsiedeln in Switzerland.
Related Names
VARIANT: Meginrat (Ancient Germanic)
DIMINUTIVE: Meino (Ancient Germanic)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Meine, Meino, Meint, Menno, Minke (Dutch), Meine, Minke (Frisian)



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