Chlothar
title: "Chlothar" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["given-names"] topic_path: "general/given-names" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlothar" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Chlothar |
| gender | Masculine |
| meaning | "Famous warrior" |
| region | Europe |
| origin | Germanic |
| related names | Lothar |
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| name = Chlothar | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation= | gender = Masculine | meaning = "Famous warrior" | region = Europe | origin = Germanic | related names = Lothar | footnotes = Chlothar (Latin Chlotharius; Greek Khlōthários Χλωθάριος; French Clotaire) is a Germanic given name, attested in Old English as Hloþhere, in Old High German as Lothari (Lothair, Lothar), and reconstructed in Frankish as *Hlodhari. It means "famous warrior", as a combination of the Germanic root hlut- (lauded, famous) and the word heri (army, warrior).
It can refer to the following kings of the Franks:
- Chlothar I (497–561)
- Chlothar II (584–629)
- Chlothar III (652–673)
- Chlothar IV (died 719)
References
References
- Wolfgang Jungandreas and Hans H. Anton. (1981). "Chlothar I.".
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