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Latin roots · meaning uncertain
Language context for this entry: Spanish
[oɾˈð̞o.ɲo] · Spanish
01 / Meaning & origin
Ordoño is a masculine given name documented in Spanish. English Wiktionary traces it to Latin Fortunius.
Original meaning: not settled in the sources.
Of unknown meaning and origin. Possibly ultimately from Latin Fortunius. First found in Asturias, and the name of several medieval kings there and in Leon.
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04 / Through time
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Ordoño— “rich friend (?)”
Ortvin the truchsess, had his namesake in the Lombard Audoin father to Alboin, also, in the Frank Audwine, blessed by St. Columbanus, beloved by St. Eligius, and bishop of Rouen, whose loveliest church is that of St. Audoenus, now transformed by French lips into St. Ouen. And, at home, we hail the same ‘rich friend’ in Eadwine, the first Christian king of Northumbria, whose conversion is the most striking portion of Bede’s history. His dominion extended over the Lothians, and…
Ortvin the truchsess, had his namesake in the Lombard Audoin father to Alboin, also, in the Frank Audwine, blessed by St. Columbanus, beloved by St. Eligius, and bishop of Rouen, whose loveliest church is that of St. Audoenus, now transformed by French lips into St. Ouen. And, at home, we hail the same ‘rich friend’ in Eadwine, the first Christian king of Northumbria, whose conversion is the most striking portion of Bede’s history. His dominion extended over the Lothians, and he disputes with Aodh and the Ædui the naming of Edinburgh. Beloved as he was, his name of Edwin never entirely died away, and became in modern times diffused by the popularity of Goldsmith’s ballad, and of Beattie’s _Minstrel_. It is just known upon the Continent. Ortwin, or Audoenius, is very possibly the Don Ordoño of the early Spanish kingdoms; but Germany has chiefly dealt in the independent Odvin. Edwin, in spite of Mr. Taylor’s tragedy of _Edwin the Fair_, is not the same as Edwy, namely Eadwig, rich war, a name well remembered for the unhappy fate of the owner.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter IV (Heroic Names Of The Nibelung), Section XI (Uta, Ortwin) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.
King of Galicia and then Leon (c.873–924)
King of Asturias
King of León from 951 to 956
King of León from 958 to 960
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06 / Behind the facts
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