Audovacar
Masculine Germanic given name
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Audovacar (from Proto-Germanic *Audawakraz) is a masculine Germanic name.
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Composed of the roots aud- (wealth) and -wakar (awake), it may be translated "warden of riches" or "watchman of property" and is a kenning for lord.[1] The name is attested in many variations. The first root may appear as Aut-, Ad-, Ud-, Od-, Ot- or Oth- and is attested as a name on its own, Aud, in the 3rd century AD. The name Otto is a derivative.[2]
The medieval German form was Ottokar, whence the Czech form Otakar. The Czech name Žiroslav (Polish Żyrosław) has the same meaning. The Greek name Plutarch also means "lord of wealth".[1]
Attested forms
These forms are mentioned in Dopsch 1980.
Famous people
- Adovacrius (5th century), Saxon leader in Gaul
- Odoacer (d. 493), barbarian king of Italy
- Autchar (8th century), Frankish diplomat
- Eadwacer, character from the 9th-century Old English poem "Wulf and Eadwacer"