Rembrandt (given name)
Appearance
Pronunciation | /ˈrɛmbrænt, -brɑːnt/;[1] Dutch: [ˈrɛmbrɑnt ˈɦɑrmə(n)soːn vɑn ˈrɛin] |
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Gender | male |
Origin | |
Word/name | Old High German |
Other names | |
Related names | Rembrand, Rembrant |
Rembrandt is a Dutch given name of Old Dutch and Old High German origin. Variants are Rembrand and Rembrant. An old form was Ragemprand with Ragem, Rem (advice) and prand, brand (sword).[2] In 2014, there were 203 persons with Rembrandt as a given name in the Netherlands.[3]
Men named Rembrandt
- Rembrandt Bugatti (1884-1916), Italian sculptor
- Rembrandt Frerichs, Dutch jazz pianist
- Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606–1669) in short Rembrandt, Dutch painter, draftsman and graphic artist
- Rembrandt Lockwood (1815-1889), American architect and painter
- Rembrandt Peale (1778–1860), American painter
Fictional
- Rembrandt Brown, a character on the American science fiction television series Sliders
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Rembrandt
- All pages with titles containing Rembrandt
- Rembrandt (disambiguation)
References
- ^ "Rembrandt" Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
- ^ Behindthename.com Rembrandt
- ^ "Rembrandt". www.meertens.knaw.nl (in Dutch). Meertens Instituut. Retrieved 2019-03-26.