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4 famous people named Maghnus found on Wikipedia.
Magnus, meaning "great" in Latin, was sometimes used as a first name among Romans but was not particularly common among them. The best-known Roman bearing the name was the third-century usurper. The name gained wider popularity in the Middle Ages, among various European peoples and their royal houses, being introduced to them upon being converted to the Latin-speaking Catholic Christianity. This was especially the case with Scandinavian royalty and nobility.
As a Scandinavian forename, it was extracted from the Frankish ruler Charlemagne's Latin name "Carolus Magnus" and re-analyzed as Old Norse magn-hús = "power house".
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | Maghnus Ó Conchobair | Irish king | |
2 | Maghnus Ua Conchobair | ||
3 | Maghnus Mág Samhradháin | Chief of the McGovern Clan and Baron or Lord of Tullyhaw barony | |
4 | Maghnus 'Ruadh' Mág Samhradháin |