Audovacar (from

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*''Audawakraz'') is a masculine

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. Composed of the roots (wealth) and (awake), it may be translated "warden of riches" or "watchman of property" and is a

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for lord. The name is attested in many variations. The first root may appear as , , , , or and is attested as a name on its own, Aud, in the 3rd century AD. The name

Otto Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants '' Audo'', '' Odo'', '' Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded fr ...

is a derivative. The medieval German form was

Ottokar Ottokar is the medieval German form of the Germanic name Audovacar. People with the name Ottokar include: *Two kings of Bohemia, members of the Přemyslid dynasty ** Ottokar I of Bohemia (–1230) ** Ottokar II of Bohemia (–1278) *Four Styrian m ...

, whence the

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form

Otakar Otakar is a masculine Czech given name of Germanic origin (cf. Audovacar). Notable people with the name include: *Otakar Batlička (1895–1942), Czech adventurer, journalist, ham radio operator, member of Czech Nazi resistance group in World War ...

. The Czech name Žiroslav (Polish ''Żyrosław'') has the same meaning. The

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name

Plutarch Plutarch (; , ''Ploútarchos'', ; – 120s) was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo (Delphi), Temple of Apollo in Delphi. He is known primarily for his ''Parallel Lives'', ...

also means "lord of wealth". __NOTOC__

Attested forms

These forms are mentioned in . *Audacar *Audacrus *Audaccrus *Audgarius *Audagarius *Autcharius *Aotackar *Odowakar *Odakar *Odacrus *Otachar *Otacar *Otacarus *

*Otgarius *

Otgar Otgar, Otger or Odgar is a Germanic masculine given name (from Proto-Germanic *''Audawakraz''). It may refer to: * (fl. 8th century), missionary *Autchar (fl. 8th century), Frankish nobleman *Otgar of Mainz, archbishop (826–847) *, bishop of Eic ...

Otger Otgar, Otger or Odgar is a Germanic masculine given name (from Proto-Germanic *''Audawakraz''). It may refer to: * (fl. 8th century), missionary *Autchar (fl. 8th century), Frankish nobleman *Otgar of Mainz, archbishop (826–847) *, bishop of Eic ...

*Othgar *Otkger

Famous people

Adovacrius Adovacrius or Eadwacer was a leader who led a group of Saxons based in Gaul in the 5th century. He is mentioned by the historian Gregory of Tours Gregory of Tours (born ; 30 November – 17 November 594 AD) was a Gallo-Roman historian an ...

(5th century), Saxon leader in Gaul *

Odoacer Odoacer ( – 15 March 493 AD), also spelled Odovacer or Odovacar, was a barbarian soldier and statesman from the Middle Danube who deposed the Western Roman child emperor Romulus Augustulus and became the ruler of Italy (476–493). Odoacer' ...

(d. 493), barbarian king of Italy *

Autchar Autchar (also Otachar or Otgar) was a Frankish nobleman. He served Pippin III as a diplomat in 753 and followed Carloman I after the division of the kingdom in 768. In 772, refusing to accept Carloman's brother Charlemagne as king, he went into exil ...

(8th century), Frankish diplomat *Eadwacer, character from the 9th-century Old English poem "

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