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Lotario

“fame + army”

Language context for this entry: Italian

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Origin: Proto-West Germanic
1 language context: Italian
Follow the evidence: 6 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Lotario

Lotario is a masculine given name documented in Italian. English Wiktionary traces it to Proto-West Germanic via Medieval Latin. It is a form of Lothar, for which English Wikipedia gives the components fame + army.

2 source accounts

Proto-West Germanic origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “fame + army”

From Medieval Latin Lotharius, from Proto-West Germanic *Hlūdhari.

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Proto-West Germanic

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Wiktionary: LotarioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: LotarioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikipedia: LotharCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: LotarioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

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Polish Wiktionary accountSource-reportedniem. Lothar

niem. Lothar

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Polish Wiktionary: LotarioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

02 / Across borders

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Documented as a given name in Italian.

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03 / By the numbers

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04 / Through time

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Lotario— “famous warrior”
Lotario, _m._ _Span._ _It._ Teu. famous warrior, 407
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Innocent III
died 1216
Head of the Catholic Church from 1198 to 1216
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Lothair II of Italy
died 950
King of Italy from 947 to 950
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source

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06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-17.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms5

Wikidata Q73267870CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: LotarioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: LotarioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikipedia: LotharCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: LotarioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian NamesPublic domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Lotario

2 source accounts

Proto-West Germanic origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “fame + army”

From Medieval Latin Lotharius, from Proto-West Germanic *Hlūdhari.

Follow the language links in this account

Read from more recent borrowed forms toward older source forms. This is a derivation account, not a dated timeline.

Medieval Latin
Proto-West Germanic

Only explicit language links are shown. The full passage may also discuss word roots, comparisons or uncertain proposals.

Proto-language forms marked with an asterisk in the source are reconstructions, rather than dated records of a person using the name.

Read the cited Wiktionary entry

Sources for this account (4)

Wiktionary: LotarioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: LotarioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikipedia: LotharCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: LotarioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

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Polish Wiktionary accountSource-reportedniem. Lothar

niem. Lothar

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Polish Wiktionary: LotarioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

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Language records

Documented as a given name in Italian.

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History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Lotario— “famous warrior”
Lotario, _m._ _Span._ _It._ Teu. famous warrior, 407
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Innocent III
died 1216
Head of the Catholic Church from 1198 to 1216
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Lothair II of Italy
died 950
King of Italy from 947 to 950
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
Wikipedia Wikidata source

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-17.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms5

Wikidata Q73267870CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: LotarioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: LotarioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikipedia: LotharCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: LotarioCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian NamesPublic domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Lotario

Proto-West Germanic origin

Where Lotario is used

Across borders

Italy

Popularity over time

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Innocent III

Lothair II of Italy

Related names

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A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Lotario

Proto-West Germanic origin

Where Lotario is used

Across borders

Italy

Popularity over time

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Innocent III

Lothair II of Italy

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page