Kunegunda

  • [ kuw-ne-GUWN-dah ]
  • Polish
Polish form of KUNIGUNDE. The 13th-century Saint Kunegunda was the daughter of Bela IV, king of Hungary. She married Boleslaus V of Poland, but after his death refused to assume power and instead became a nun.

KUNIGUNDE   female   German
Derived from the Germanic element kuni "clan, family" combined with gund "war". Saint Kunigunde was the wife of Holy Roman Emperor Henry II.
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Cunigund
DUTCH: Kunigonde
FRENCH: Cunégonde
GERMAN: Kunigunde
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
GERMAN: Kinge
HUNGARIAN: Kinga
POLISH: Kinga