Rostagnus is a Latinization of a Germanic given name common in the Middle Ages, especially in Occitania. It derives from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþi- "fame" and *stainaz "stone". It is attested in the Old High German form Hruodstein.[1][2]

Numerous other Latin spellings are known: Rostandus,[3] Rustandus,[1] Rostaignus, Rostangnus, Rostannus,[4] Rystagnus and Restagnus.[5] In vernacular documents in England and Romance-speaking areas, the name appears as Rostaing,[3] Rostand, Rostan,[4] Rustand, Rustant, Rustan, Rodstein, Rostein,[1] Rostain,[2] Rostang and Rostagne. The Occitan form is Rostanh[2] and the Catalan is Rostany.[4]

Persons with this name include:

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  1. ^ a b c Thorvald Forssner, Continental-Germanic Personal Names in England in Old and Middle English Times, PhD diss., Uppsala University, p. 222.
  2. ^ a b c Franz Hemmann, Consonantismus des Gascognischen bis zum Ende des dreizehnten Jahrhunderts, PhD diss., University of Jena, 1888, p. 63.
  3. ^ a b Raffaele Licinio, Castelli medievali: Puglia e Basilicata, dai Normanni a Federico II e Carlo I d'Angiò (Edizioni Dedalo, 1994), p. 233.
  4. ^ a b c 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.
  5. ^ 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.

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