Miervaldis is a
Latvian masculine given name
Latvian names, like in most European cultures, consist of two main elements: the given name (''vārds'') followed by family name (''uzvārds''). During the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet occupation (1940–1941; 1944–1991) the practic ...
, borne by some 600 men in
Latvia
Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...
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Pilsonības un Migrācijas Lietu Parvalde (PMLP): Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs personal name database
Miervaldis is one of the relatively few names still in modern use from among the very many Latvian names of indigenous origin either revived from their previous occurrence in the Middle Ages, or invented, during the first Latvian National Awakening
The Latvian National Awakening () refers to three distinct but ideologically related national revival movements:
* the First Awakening refers to the national revival led by the Young Latvians from the 1850s to the 1880s
* the Second Awakening ...
in the late 19th century. The second element ''-valdis'' ("ruler") was a particular favourite and featured in a large number of names now rare or obsolete.[Siliņš, K., 1990: ''Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca''. Rīga: Zinātne ]
The literal meaning of Miervaldis is "peace-ruler": ''mier'' from ''miers'' (peace) and the element ''-valdis'' as above. It is directly comparable to the Old East Slavic
Old East Slavic (traditionally also Old Russian) was a language (or a group of dialects) used by the East Slavs from the 7th or 8th century to the 13th or 14th century, until it diverged into the Russian language, Russian and Ruthenian language ...
name Vladimir
Vladimir (, , pre-1918 orthography: ) is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, widespread throughout all Slavic nations in different forms and spellings. The earliest record of a person with the name is Vladimir of Bulgaria ().
Etymology
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(but with the two elements reversed) and the Germanic name Friedrich Friedrich may refer to:
Names
*Friedrich (given name), people with the given name ''Friedrich''
*Friedrich (surname), people with the surname ''Friedrich''
Other
*Friedrich (board game), a board game about Frederick the Great and the Seven Years' ...
.Miervaldis Drāznieks
Miervaldis Drāznieks was a Latvian footballer, one of the all-time best goal scorers in the Latvian league.
Almost for the entire his career Drāznieks played in Liepāja scoring 160 goals in the Latvian league. In his first match in the Latv ...
, Latvian footballer
*Miervaldis Jurševskis
Miervaldis (Walter) Jurševskis (November 6, 1921 in Riga, Latvia – March 15, 2014 in Burnaby, British Columbia) was a Latvian-Canadian chess master, and a professional artist.
Jurševskis learned chess from his father at the age of six, but it ...
(1921–2014), Latvian–Canadian chess master
* Miervaldis Polis (born 1948), Latvian artist
*Liz Lemon
Elizabeth Miervaldis Lemon is a fictional character and the protagonist of the American television series '' 30 Rock''. She created and wrote for the fictional comedy-sketch show ''The Girlie Show'' and later ''TGS with Tracy Jordan''.
She is ...
(Elizabeth Miervaldis Lemon), lead character of US comedy show ''30 Rock''
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Latvian masculine given names
Masculine given names