Names that mean “man”
13 fragments across 11 traditions carry this sense. 9 of them close a name against 4 that open one, so it usually lands as the second element.
Man names across the traditions
¶They cluster in 2 families, most of them real world. No single tradition hoards it: none of them goes past 2 fragments.
Viro initial · viros final
- Virotascos
Viro man + tascos badger
man badger
- Virogabros
Viro man + gabros goat
man goat
- Viromorios
Viro man + morios sea
man sea
- Verviros
Ver supreme + viros man
supreme man
- Bituviros
Bitu world + viros man
world man
- Dubnoviros
Dubno deep + viros man
deep man
mand final · mande final
- Marcmand
Marc of Mars + mand man
of Mars man
- Victmand
Vict victor + mand man
victor man
- Aubmand
Aub elf + mand man
elf man
- Aubmande
Aub elf + mande man
elf man
- Ludmande
Lud renowned + mande man
renowned man
- Bermande
Ber bear + mande man
bear man
mann final
- Gundmann
Gund war + mann man
war man
- Ansmann
Ans god + mann man
god man
- Arnmann
Arn eagle + mann man
eagle man
Andro initial
- Andromorphos
Andro man + morphos form
man form
- Androphron
Andro man + phron mind
man mind
- Androphemos
Andro man + phemos speech
man speech
mann final
- Petramann
Petra crag + mann man
crag man
- Castelmann
Castel fortress + mann man
fortress man
- Gradmann
Grad step + mann man
step man
Fear initial
- Feargal
Fear man + gal valour
man valour
- Feargeal
Fear man + geal bright
man bright
- Fearcarn
Fear man + carn cairn
man cairn
o final
- Tomoo
Tomo friend + o man
friend man
- Kaio
Kai sea + o man
sea man
- Hiroo
Hiro broad + o man
broad man
ander final
- Skotoander
Skoto darkness + ander man
darkness man
- Brychoander
Brycho gnashing + ander man
gnashing man
- Thymoander
Thymo spirit + ander man
spirit man
andros final
- Megaandros
Mega great + andros man
great man
- Aithroandros
Aithro clear sky + andros man
clear sky man
- Astroandros
Astro star + andros man
star man
Fear initial
- Fearmod
Fear man + mod courage
man courage
- Fearquil
Fear man + quil cauldron
man cauldron
- Fearholm
Fear man + holm islet
man islet
wr final
- Prenwr
Pren tree + wr man
tree man
- Brynwr
Bryn hill + wr man
hill man
- Llewwr
Llew lion + wr man
lion man
Senses that travel together
Each of these shares at least two traditions with “man”. Senses that keep turning up in the same sets usually belong to one semantic field — the small vocabulary a naming tradition returns to again and again.
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