The name Arminius was identified as a Latinized form of the German name Hermann, possibly by Martin Luther. Hermann is also German for "Man of War", coming from the Old High German heri ("war"), and man ("man").
Notable persons with this name include:
- Arminius (18/17 BC –19 AD), Germanic Cherusci chieftain
- Arminius Vámbéry (1832–1913), Hungarian Turkologist and traveller
- Jacobus Arminius (1560–1609), Dutch theologian
See also
References
- Herbert W. Benario (April 2004). "Arminius into Hermann: History into Legend". Greece and Rome. 51 (1): 83–94. doi:10.1093/gr/51.1.83.
- Förstemann, Ernst Wilhelm (1900). Altdeutsches Namenbuch (in German). Nabu Press. ISBN 9781270714996.
- "▷ Vorname Hermann: Herkunft, Bedeutung & Namenstag".
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