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Reinhard
Reinhard Reinhard is a name that has been permanently marked by the 20th century — its combination of intellectual counsel and hard courage, which in medieval usage suggested a wise and bold nobleman, now carries the shadow of its most notorious bearer. In contemporary fiction, Reinhard works best either in pre-modern historical settings where that darkness is not yet present, or in modern/wartime fiction where the character's name signals a particular moral weight.
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Gerhard
Germanic · “A Germanic masculine name composed of "ger" meaning "spear" and "hard" meaning "strong", "brave", or "hardy" — thus "strong with the spear" or "brave spearman". The name was widespread throughout the medieval German-speaking world and was borne by saints, bishops, and Holy Roman nobles. It is the German form of Gerard and Gerald.”
Konrad
Old High German · “A Germanic masculine name composed of "kuon" or "kühn" meaning "bold" or "brave" and "rat" meaning "counsel" or "advice" — thus "bold counsel" or "brave advisor". The name was borne by several Holy Roman Emperors (Conrad I through Conrad IV) and Saint Conrad of Constance, making it one of the most prestigious names of the medieval German world.”
Walther
Old High German · “A Germanic masculine name composed of "wald" meaning "rule" or "power" and "heri" meaning "army" or "warrior" — thus "ruler of the army" or "powerful warrior". The name was widespread across the medieval German-speaking world and was borne by Walther von der Vogelweide (c.1170–c.1230), the greatest of the Middle High German minnesingers, whose lyric poetry defined the courtly love tradition in the German language.”
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Dietrich
“A Germanic masculine name composed of "þeod" or "diet" meaning "people" or "folk" and "rîhhi" meaning "power", "rule", or "king" — thus "ruler of the people" or "king of the folk". Dietrich von Bern is the legendary counterpart of the historical Theodoric the Great (454–526), King of the Ostrogoths, who became one of the greatest heroes of Germanic heroic legend and appears in the Nibelungenlied, Þiðreks saga, and countless medieval German poems.”
Berta
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Eckhard
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Waldemar
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Gertie
“Gertie is an English diminutive of Gertrude, which derives from the Old High German "Gertrud", composed of "ger" meaning "spear" and "þrúðr" meaning "strength". It thus means "strength of the spear" or "spear-strength". Saint Gertrude of Nivelles (626–659) was a Frankish abbess venerated as a patron saint of travellers and the recently dead. The diminutive Gertie became popular in late 19th-century England and America.”
Siegfried
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