Magnus

From Latin magnus (“great”), taken from the title of Carolus Magnus "Charlemagne" by an eleventh century king of Norway, and brought to Scotland in medieval times.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmæɡnəs/
• Rhymes: -æɡnəs

Magnus

1. A male given name from Latin of mostly Scottish and Scandinavian usage.
2. A surname.

• Gusman, Maungs, muangs, mungas, musang

A Latinization of Old Norse Magni, influenced by Latin magnus (“great”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmau.nus/

Magnus

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Magnus

• Mogens
• Magnussen, Mogensen

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 16 274 males with the given name Magnus have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 2000s decade. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

From Swedish Magnus, a Latinization of Old Norse Magni, influenced by Latin magnus (“great”).

Magnus

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Magnus

• Maanus

A Latinization of Old Norse Magni, influenced by Latin magnus (“great”).

Magnus m

1. a male given name

Patronymics

• son of Magnus: Magnusarson or Magnusson
• daughter of Magnus: Magnusardóttir or Magnusdóttir

Borrowed from Latin magnus (“great”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.ɡnʊs/, /ˈmaːk.nʊs/

Magnus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Magnus')

1. a male given name, popular chiefly in southern Germany

• Mang (diminutive)

• Wikipedia on Saint Magnus of Füssen, living in the 7th or 8th century
• A local newspaper article on the people named after Saint Magnus of Füssen

See magnus

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɡ.nus/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɲ.ɲus/,

Magnus m sg (genitive Magnī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen, notably held by Gaius Pompeius Magnus
2. An epithet meaning meaning "the Great"

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• Alexander Magnus

A Latinization of Old Norse Magni, influenced by Latin magnus (“great”). Royal name in Norway since the 11th century.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑŋnʉs/, , /ˈmɑgnʉs/

Magnus

1. a male given name

• Magnussen

• Magne

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 14 342 males with the given name Magnus living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

A Latinization of Old Norse Magni, influenced by Latin magnus (“great”). First recorded as a given name in Sweden in the 12th century.

• IPA^(key): /¹maŋnɵs/

Magnus c (genitive Magnus)

1. a male given name

• (male given names) Måns
• (surnames) Magnusson, Månsson

• → Estonian: Magnus

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 73 680 males with the given name Magnus living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.