Adosinda

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Adosinda

Say it: ah-doh-SEEN-dah

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Meaning

Germanic, of uncertain meaning; it shares the ending -sinda with Ermesinda.

Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.

Borne by an 8th-century Asturian queen and rare afterwards.

Its wave through time

No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.

Through the ages

The Early Middle Ages400 to 800

Used by

Spanish Gothic

Famous bearers

Adosinda, queen of Asturias, wife of King Silo

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Where this comes from

Royal and noble genealogies

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