French Wiktionary account
Source-reportedDe gaucher.
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- French Wiktionary: GaucherCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
- Wikidata Q127778580CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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A given name in French
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\ɡo.ʃe\ · French
01 / Meaning & origin
Gaucher is a masculine given name documented in French.
De gaucher.
02 / Across borders
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04 / Through time
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Gaucher— “slaughter spear”
Walmer is, in old German, Walahmar, and thus shows itself to be foreign fame; Walager is also foreign war, and became Valgeir in the North, Gaucher in France; and thence, too, by corruption, Valgard, the evil genius of the Njal Saga.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter II (Names From Teuton Mythology), Section IX (Will) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
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