Romansh
names are used by Romansh speakers in eastern Switzerland.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
ADEN m RomanshRomansh form of
ADAM, traditionally found in central Grisons.
AITA f RomanshRomansh variant of
AGATA, traditionally found in the Engadine valley.
ANDREIA m RomanshRomansh form of
ANDREW, traditionally found in the Engadine valley and central Grisons.
ANTIENI m RomanshVariant of
ANTONI, traditionally found in the Surselva region and in central Grisons.
BALZER m Romansh, Danish (Archaic)Romansh regular and Danish vernacular form of
BALTHASAR. It was borne by Danish politician Balzer Jacobsen, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands from 1655 to 1661.
CLAU m RomanshVariant of
CLA, traditionally found in the Surselva region.
CORSIN m RomanshTraditonal Romansh name from the Engadine valley of uncertain origin and meaning.
FREANA f RomanshRomansh name of unknown meaning traditionally found in central Grisons. One theory links this name to
VERENA.
FREDERIC m Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Catalan, Provençal, Lengadocian, Gascon, RomanshScandinavian variant of
FREDERIK and Catalan, Romansh, Languedocian, Gascon and Provençal form of
FREDERICK. This name was borne by Provençal writer and lexicographer of the Occitan language Frederic Mistral (Frédéric Mistral in French) who received the 1904 Nobel Prize in Literature.
GISEP m RomanshRomansh form of
JOSEPH, traditionally found in the Surselva region and in central Grisons.
JACHEN m RomanshVariant of
GIACHEN, traditionally found in Lower Engadine, a valley in southeast Switzerland.
LÜCHA m RomanshRomansh form of
LUCAS, traditionally found in the Engadine valley in southeast Switzerland.
MARIARTA f RomanshTraditional name from the Surselva region of Switzerland that originated as a combination and contraction of
MARIA and
MARTA.
MAZZINA f RomanshOld and traditional name from the Engadine valley in Switzerland of unknown meaning.
MIETTA f RomanshRomansh contraction and diminutive of
ANNA -
MARIA, traditionally found in Lower Engadine, a valley in southeast Switzerland.
PITSCHEN m RomanshDerived from Romansh
il pitschen "the little one; the small one". This name is traditionally found in the Engadine valley in southeast Switzerland.
RAMUN m RomanshRomansh form of
RAIMUND, traditionally found in the Surselva region and in central Grisons.
TILLA f Dutch, German, Romansh, Medieval English, HungarianMedieval English, Dutch and German short form of
MECHTILDA or
MATHILDA as well as a German short form of
OTTILIE and
OTTILIA, Romansh short form of
MATILDA,
OTTILIA,
DOMITILLA,
BERTILLA and
CECILIA and Hungarian short form of
MATILD,
OTÍLIA and
KLOTILD.... [
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TUMASCH m RomanshRomansh form of
THOMAS, traditionally found in the Engadine valley and in central Grisons.
UORSCHLA f RomanshRomansh form of
URSULA, traditionally found in the Engadine valley in southeast Switzerland.
URSCHLA f RomanshRomansh form of
URSULA, traditionally found in central Grisons and in the Surselva region.