Berengar
Berengar is a masculine name derived from Germanic roots meaning "bear" and "spear". The name appears frequently among certain noble families during the Middle Ages, especially the Unruochings and those related. Bérenger is the French form, while Berengario is the Italian form, Berenguer is the Catalan form, and Berenguier or Berengier is the Occitan form. The Latin form is Berengarius and the female equivalent is Berengaria. Other forms of the name include Berenger, Bérenger, Bérangier, or Beringer.
Personal name
- Berengar of Toulouse, Frankish nobleman
- Berengar I of Neustria, Frankish nobleman
- Berengar II of Neustria, Frankish nobleman
- Berengar I of Italy, King of Italy
- Berengar II of Italy, King of Italy
- Judicael Berengar, Breton nobleman
- Berengar of Tours, theologian
- Berengar
- Berengar of Poitiers, controversialist
- Henry Berengar, junior co-King of Germany, sometimes numbered as Henry VI
- Berenguier de Palazol, Catalan troubadour
- Berengier Trobel, Occitan troubadour
- Berenguer de Palou II, bishop of Barcelona
- Berenguer d'Anoia, Catalan troubadour
- Berenger Fredoli, French bishop
- Bérenger Saunière, French priest
- Ramon Berenguer, multiple people
- Berenguer Ramon, multiple people
Family name
- Álex Berenguer, Spanish footballer
- Alphonse-Marie-Marcellin-Thomas Bérenger, French lawyer
- Florin Berenguer, French footballer
- Henry Bérenger, French senator, 1912–45; ambassador to the United States, 1926–28.
- Dámaso Berenguer, Spanish soldier and politician; 64th Prime Minister of Spain.
- Josep Renau Berenguer, Spanish artist
- Casimiro Berenguer, Puerto Rican Nationalist
- Joanna Bérenger, Mauritian entertainer
- Pascal Berenguer, French footballer
- Paul Bérenger, Mauritian politician
- Tom Berenger, American actor
Fictional characters
- Bérenger, a character in the play Rhinoceros by Eugène Ionesco
- Bearenger, a character in Tails Sky Patrol
- Berengar of Arundel, a character in The Name of the Rose
- Berengar, a character in The Witcher
- Hugh Berengar, a character in ''The Cadfael Chronicles''
Other uses
- Beringer Vineyards
Category:Germanic masculine given names
Category:German masculine given names
Category:Masculine given names
fr:Berenguer
ja:ベレンガーリオ