Sisenando

Boy · Germanic (Visigothic)

Sisenando

Say it: see-seh-NAN-doh

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Meaning

Visigothic Germanic; the second element is probably nanþ 'daring', the first is uncertain.

Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.

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

  1. The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
  2. The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450

Used by

SpanishPortugueseGothic

The family of the name

PortugueseSisnando

Famous bearers

  • Sisenand, Visigothic king
  • Sisnando Davides, Mozarabic governor of Coimbra

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Where this comes from

  • Royal and noble genealogies

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