Rostagnus is a Latinization of a Germanic given name common in the
Middle Ages, especially in
Occitania. It derives from
Proto-Germanic "fame" and "stone". It is attested in the Old High German form
Hruodstein.
[Thorvald Forssner, Continental-Germanic Personal Names in England in Old and Middle English Times, PhD diss., Uppsala University, p. 222.][Franz Hemmann, Consonantismus des Gascognischen bis zum Ende des dreizehnten Jahrhunderts, PhD diss., University of Jena, 1888, p. 63.]
Numerous other Latin spellings are known: Rostandus,[Raffaele Licinio, Castelli medievali: Puglia e Basilicata, dai Normanni a Federico II e Carlo I d'Angiò (Edizioni Dedalo, 1994), p. 233.] Rustandus,[ Rostaignus, Rostangnus, Rostannus,][M. T. Ferrer i Mallol and M. Riu i Riu, eds., Tractats i negociacions diplomàtiques de Catalunya i de la Corona catalanoaragonesa a l'edat mitjana, Vol. I.2 (Barcelona, 2018), p. 496.] Rystagnus and Restagnus.[Robert Ignatius Burns, Diplomatarium of the Crusader Kingdom of Valencia: The Registered Charters of Its Conqueror, Jaume I, 1257–1276, vol. I: Society and Documentation in Crusader Valencia (Princeton University Press, 1985), p. 98.] In vernacular documents in England and Romance-speaking areas, the name appears as Rostaing,[ Rostand, Rostan,][ Rustand, Rustant, Rustan, Rodstein, Rostein,][ Rostain,][ Rostang and Rostagne. The Old Occitan form is Rostanh][ and the Catalan language is Rostany.][
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Persons with this name include:
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Rostany, first count of Girona (785–801)
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Rostaing I, archbishop of Arles (870–913)
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Rostaing, bishop of Uzès (945)
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Rostan de Soler (fl. 1216–43), Gascon statesman
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Rostanh de Merguas (late 13th century), Provençal troubadour
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Rostaing de la Capre, archbishop of Arles (1286–1303)
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Rostaing Berenguier (early 14th century), Provençal troubadour and knight
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Rostand Melaping (born 1978), Cameroonian judoka
See also
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For surnames with the same etymology, see
