Arminius (name)
The name Arminius was identified as a Latinized form of the German name Hermann, possibly by Martin Luther.[1] Hermann is also German for "Man of War", coming from the Old High German heri ("war"), and man ("man").[2][3]
Notable persons with this name include:
- Arminius (18/17 BC –19 AD), Germanic Cherusci chieftain
- Arminius Vámbéry (1832–1913), Hungarian Turkologist and traveller
- Jacobus Arminius (1560–1609), Dutch theologian
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Herbert W. Benario (April 2004). "Arminius into Hermann: History into Legend". Greece and Rome. 51 (1): 83–94. doi:10.1093/gr/51.1.83.
- ^ Förstemann, Ernst Wilhelm (1900). Altdeutsches Namenbuch (in German). Nabu Press. ISBN 9781270714996.
- ^ "▷ Vorname Hermann: Herkunft, Bedeutung & Namenstag".
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