Theodemir, Theodemar, Theudemer or Theudimer was a
Germanic name common among the various
Germanic peoples
The Germanic peoples were tribal groups who lived in Northern Europe in Classical antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. In modern scholarship, they typically include not only the Roman-era ''Germani'' who lived in both ''Germania'' and parts of ...
of
early medieval
The Early Middle Ages (or early medieval period), sometimes controversially referred to as the Dark Ages, is typically regarded by historians as lasting from the late 5th to the 10th century. They marked the start of the Middle Ages of Europ ...
Europe. According to
Smaragdus of Saint-Mihiel (9th century), the form ''Theudemar'' is
Frankish and ''Theudemir'' is
Gothic.
[W. Haubrichs, in discussion of D. H. Green (2007), "Linguistic and Literary Traces of the Ostrogoths", ''The Ostrogoths from the Migration Period to the Sixth Century: An Ethnographic Perspective'', Sam J. Barnish and Federico Marazzi, edd., part of ''Studies in Historical Archaeoethnology'', Volume 7, Giorgio Ausenda, series ed. (Oxford: Boydell Press, .), p. 409.]
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Theodemer (Frankish king), early 5th century
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Theodemir (Ostrogothic king) (died 475), Ostrogothic king
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Theodemir (Suebian king) (died 570), Suevic King of Galicia
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Theodemir (Visigoth) (died 743), Visigothic nobleman
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Theodemir (saint) (died 851), Spanish saint
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Theodemar of Monte Cassino (), abbot of Monte Cassino
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Theodemir of Iria (died 847), bishop of Iria Flavia
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Theodemir (bishop of Mondoñedo), flourished 972–77
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See also
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Teodomiro
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Masculine given names
Names of Germanic origin