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Esclarmonde
Say it: es-klar-MOHND
Meaning
Occitan, usually read as 'light of the world', from esclarar 'to light up' and mon 'world'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
A name of the southern French nobility in the 12th and 13th centuries.
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
Used by
Famous bearers
- Esclarmonde de Foix, Cathar noblewoman
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Medieval European charters and records
- Royal and noble genealogies
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