Hermenegildo
/ˌhɜːr.mə.nəˈɡɪl.doʊ/noun
A masculine given name of Germanic origin, historically used in Spanish and Portuguese.
Did you know?Hermenegildo is the Spanish form of a Visigothic Germanic name, and its survival in Christian tradition shows how pre-Christian warrior names could be sanctified and carried into the modern world.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*ermunaz / *irminaz
“great, strong, universal”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*geldą
“payment, tribute, contribution”
Visigothic / Germanic
Gmc
*Erminagildaz
“a compound personal name meaning roughly 'great tribute' or 'great payment'”
Early Medieval Latin
Latin
Hermenegildus
“Latinized form of the Germanic personal name”
Old Spanish / Medieval Iberian
Spanish
Hermenegildo
“the inherited Christian-era given name”
Modern English
English
Hermenegildo
“a Spanish and Portuguese masculine given name”
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