Berenguela

Girl · Germanic, through Catalan

Berenguela

Say it: beh-ren-GEH-lah

Meaning

Feminine of Berenguer, from Germanic elements usually read as 'bear' and 'spear'.

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

Entered Castile from the house of the counts of Barcelona in the 12th century and was borne by several queens and princesses.

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 High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450

Used by

Spanish Catalan Portuguese

The family of the name

Catalan	Berenguera
Portuguese	Berengária
English	Berengaria

Famous bearers

Berenguela, queen regnant of Castile (died 1246)
Berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England

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Where this comes from

Royal and noble genealogies

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