Rostagnus is a Latinization of a

Germanic given name Germanic languages, Germanic given names are traditionally wikt:dithematic, dithematic; that is, they are formed from two elements (word stem, stems), by joining a prefix and a suffix. For example, Æthelred the Unready, King Æþelred's name was ...

common in the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and ...

, especially in

Occitania Occitania is the historical region in Southern Europe where the Occitan language was historically spoken and where it is sometimes used as a second language. This cultural area roughly encompasses much of the southern third of France (except ...

. It derives from

Proto-Germanic Proto-Germanic (abbreviated PGmc; also called Common Germanic) is the linguistic reconstruction, reconstructed proto-language of the Germanic languages, Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages. Proto-Germanic eventually developed from ...

"fame" and "stone". It is attested in the

Old High German Old High German (OHG; ) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally identified as the period from around 500/750 to 1050. Rather than representing a single supra-regional form of German, Old High German encompasses the numerous ...

form Hruodstein.Thorvald Forssner, ''Continental-Germanic Personal Names in England in Old and Middle English Times'', PhD diss., Uppsala University
p. 222
Franz Hemmann, ''Consonantismus des Gascognischen bis zum Ende des dreizehnten Jahrhunderts'', PhD diss., University of Jena, 1888
p. 63
Numerous other Latin spellings are known: Rostandus, Raffaele Licinio, ''Castelli medievali: Puglia e Basilicata, dai Normanni a Federico II e Carlo I d'Angiò'' (Edizioni Dedalo, 1994)
p. 233
Rustandus, Rostaignus, Rostangnus, Rostannus,M. T. Ferrer i Mallol and M. Riu i Riu, eds., ''Tractats i negociacions diplomàtiques de Catalunya i de la Corona catalanoaragonesa a l'edat mitjana'', Vol. I.2 (Barcelona, 2018)
p. 496
Rystagnus and Restagnus.Robert Ignatius Burns, ''Diplomatarium of the Crusader Kingdom of Valencia: The Registered Charters of Its Conqueror, Jaume I, 1257–1276, vol. I: Society and Documentation in Crusader Valencia'' (Princeton University Press, 1985), p. 98. In vernacular documents in

England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

and

Romance Romance may refer to: Common meanings * Romance (love), emotional attraction towards another person and the courtship behaviors undertaken to express the feelings ** Romantic orientation, the classification of the sex or gender with which a pers ...

-speaking areas, the name appears as Rostaing, Rostand, Rostan, Rustand, Rustant, Rustan, Rodstein, Rostein, Rostain, Rostang and Rostagne. The

Occitan Occitan may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the Occitania territory in parts of France, Italy, Monaco and Spain. * Something of, from, or related to the Occitania administrative region of France. * Occitan language, spoken in parts o ...

form is Rostanh and the Catalan is Rostany. Persons with this name include: *

Rostany Rostaing (Latin Rostagnus), commonly known as Rostany in Catalan, was the first Count of Girona (785-801), ruling over the earliest-established of the Catalan Counties which formed the ''Marca Hispanica''. A Frankish noble, he was elevated to Cou ...

, first count of Girona (785–801) * Rostaing I, archbishop of Arles (870–913) * Rostaing, bishop of Uzès (945) * Rostan de Soler (fl. 1216–43), Gascon statesman * Rostanh de Merguas (late 13th century), Provençal troubadour * Rostaing de la Capre, archbishop of Arles (1286–1303) * Rostaing Berenguier (early 14th century), Provençal troubadour and knight * Rostand Melaping (born 1978), Cameroonian judoka

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