Ademar
Appearance
Gender | Male |
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Language(s) | Frankish/Old French |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Ademir (Brazil) |
Derived | Audamar |
Ademar is a masculine Germanic name, ultimately derived from Audamar, as is the German form Otmar. It was in use in medieval France, Latinized as Adamarus, and in modern times has been popular in French, Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries. A feminine form Adamardis seems to have been in use from the 10th century, reduced to Aanord, Aenor by the 12th.
Medieval:
- Ademar de Chabannes (d. 1034), French monk
- Ademar Jordan (d. 1212), French knight
- Guilhem Ademar (d. 1217), French troubadour
- Ademar lo Negre (d. 1219), French troubadour
Modern:
- Ademar Caballero (born 1918), Brazilian swimmer
- Ademar José Gevaerd (born 1952), Brazilian ufologist
- Ademar Benítez (born 1956), Uruguayan footballer
- Ademar Marques (born 1959), Portuguese footballer
- Ademar da Silva Braga Júnior (born 1976), Brazilian footballer
- Ademar Rodríguez (born 1990), Mexican footballer
- Ademar Tavares Júnior (born 1980), Brazilian footballer
- Ademar dos Santos Batista (born 1983), Brazilian footballer
- Ademar Aparecido Xavier Júnior (born 1985), Brazilian footballer
Other uses
- CB Ademar León, Spanish handball team