Nazarenus

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  • Late Roman
Latin form of NAZZARENO.

NAZZARENO   male   Italian
Italian form of the Late Latin Nazarenus, which meant "from Nazareth, Nazarene". Nazareth was the town in Galilee where Jesus lived. According to the New Testament, the phrase Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum meaning "Jesus the Nazarene, king of the Jews", was inscribed on the cross upon which Jesus was crucified.
EQUIVALENTS
FRENCH: Nazaire
ITALIAN: Nazario, Nazzareno
LATE ROMAN: Nazarius
RUSSIAN: Nazar, Nazariy
SPANISH: Nazario
UKRAINIAN: Nazar, Nazariy