Eglentyne Forename

11,630,812th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 1 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Eglentyne Forename Definition:

A female name. Old French diminutive of aiglente from Latin aculenta ‘prickly', a name for the sweet-briar (later erroneously applied to the honeysuckle). The earliest example of the word in Oxford English Dictionary is 1400, but Aiglente, Aiglentine are common as personal names in the chansons de geste, and Eglentine occurs in England as early as 1213 (Curia Regis Rolls).

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Eglentyne Forename Distribution

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France-11:66,470,34085,030

Eglentyne Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A female name. Old French diminutive of aiglente from Latin aculenta ‘prickly', a name for the sweet-briar (later erroneously applied to the honeysuckle). The earliest example of the word in Oxford English Dictionary is 1400, but Aiglente, Aiglentine are common as personal names in the chansons de geste, and Eglentine occurs in England as early as 1213 (Curia Regis Rolls). Eglentyne was the name of Chaucer’s Prioress. It was revived in the late 19th C, but has not come into general use.

— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
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