Rimgaila (personal name)

Rimgaila (first name and surname), Rimgailas (masculine first name) Rimgailė (feminine first name) is a dual-stemmed pagan Lithuanian name constructed from rim- (rimti - "be calm") + gail- (*gailas - "strong"), which is quite common in Lithuania at present.[1]

Notable bearers

  • Rimgailė (14th–15th centuries), Lithuanian noblewoman
  • Fulgencijus Rimgaila (1805–1870), Lithuanian architect
  • Robertas Rimgaila (1932–2008), Lithuanian journalist
  • Rimgaila Salys, Lithuanian-American slavist

References

  1. ^ (in Lithuanian) Meaning of the name
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