MEANING: The origin of this name is still today quite uncertain. ... 2) Variant form of the name element “malm”, from the Old Norse “malmr”, meaning “ore”. 3) From the Old Norse “mál” which in turn derives from the Proto-Germanic “*maþlą”, meaning “speach, language, talk”.
Derived from the Germanic elements magan "strength" and frid "peace". This is the name of the main character in Byron's drama 'Manfred' (1817). This name was also borne by Manfred von Richthofen (1892-1918), the German pilot in World War I who was known as the Red Baron.
Manfredo Family History. Manfredo Name Meaning. Italian: from the Germanic personal name Mag(in)frid, composed of the elements mag(in) 'strength', 'might' + frid 'peace' (common in Lombardic records in the mid- and late 8th century). Compare Manfred.
Manheim Name Meaning. Jewish (Ashkenazic), French (of German origin), and Dutch: habitational name from the city of Mannheim in southwestern Germany (formerly the residence of the electors Palatine), so named from the Germanic personal name Manno (see Mann 2) + Old High German heim 'homestead'.
Mannes Name Meaning. German: patronymic from Mann 1 and 2. Dutch: variant of Magnus, Mannen, or Manes 1. Norwegian: habitational name from a farm name in Rogaland, composed of an uncertain first element (possibly Old Norse man 'thrall', 'slave') + nes 'promontory'.
Mansfield Name Meaning. English: habitational name from a place in Nottinghamshire.
The name Mansfield arrived in England after the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Mansfield family lived in Mansfield, a parish in Nottinghamshire. The place-name itself is a combination of Celtic and Anglo-Saxon terms, and literally signifies the field by the hill called Mam, from the Celtic word for a mother or a breast.
Mantel Name Meaning. English, German, French, and Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a cloak maker or a nickname for someone who wore a cloak of a particularly conspicuous design, from Anglo-Norman, Middle High German, Old French, and Middle Dutch mantel 'cloak', 'coat' (Late Latin mantellus).
The name Mathilde is a German baby name. In German the meaning of the name Mathilde is: Mighty battle maiden.
Meinhard [mein-hard] as a boys' name is of German origin, and the meaning of Meinhard is "brave or hard strength". Maynard is the anglicized form. ASSOCIATED WITH brave, strength.
