Vilgirdas
VILGIRDAS
Etymology
Theoretically, it can be a compound example: Vil-girdas. For vil- see Vi̇̀lbutas, due to gird- - Gi̇̀rdvainis. However, this surn. may have changed later from German. Willhardt, Willihard, Willard, etc. ¹.
Feminine FORMS
Vilgirdienė / Vilgirdaitė
Pronunciation
/ʋʲɪlʲɡʲɪrdɐs/
SEE ALSO
SOURCES
1. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 611.