Magnus

Borrowed from Latin magnus (“great”), taken from the title of Carolus Magnus "Charlemagne" by an eleventh century king of Norway, and brought to Scotland in medieval times.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmæɡnəs/
• Rhymes: -æɡnəs

Magnus

1. A male given name from Latin of mostly Scottish and Scandinavian usage.
   • 2023 January 13, Leonard Barden, “Chess: Carlsen takes on young guns at Wijk as world champion eyes record”, in The Guardian‎^[1], archived from the original on 23 January 2023:

     Magnus Carlsen versus the young guns at Wijk starts on Saturday, when the opening round (of 13) of the “chess Wimbledon” at Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee gets under way at the windswept Dutch village.

2. A surname.

• Gusman, Maungs, muangs, mungas, musang

A Latinization of Old Norse Magnús, influenced by Latin magnus (“great”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmau.nus/

Magnus

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Magnus

• Mogens
• Magnussen, Mogensen

• [2] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 16 274 males with the given name Magnus have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 2000s decade. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

From Swedish Magnus, a Latinization of Old Norse Magni, influenced by Latin magnus (“great”).

Magnus

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Magnus

• Maanus

A Latinization of Old Norse Magni, influenced by Latin magnus (“great”).

Magnus m

1. a male given name

Patronymics

• son of Magnus: Magnusarson or Magnusson
• daughter of Magnus: Magnusardóttir or Magnusdóttir

Borrowed from Latin magnus (“great”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.ɡnʊs/, /ˈmaːk.nʊs/

Magnus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Magnus')

1. a male given name, popular chiefly in southern Germany

• Mang (diminutive)

• Wikipedia on Saint Magnus of Füssen, living in the 7th or 8th century
• A local newspaper article on the people named after Saint Magnus of Füssen

See magnus

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmaŋ.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmaɲ.ɲus]

Magnus m sg (genitive Magnī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen, notably held by Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
2. An epithet meaning "the Great"

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• Alexander Magnus

A Latinization of Old Norse Magni, influenced by Latin magnus (“great”). Royal name in Norway since the 11th century.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑŋnʉs/, [ˈmɑŋːnʉs], /ˈmɑgnʉs/

Magnus

1. a male given name

• Magnussen

• Magne

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• [3] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 14 342 males with the given name Magnus living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

A Latinization of Old Norse Magni, influenced by Latin magnus (“great”). First recorded as a given name in Sweden in the 12th century.

• IPA^(key): /¹maŋnɵs/

Magnus c (genitive Magnus)

1. a male given name

• (male given names) Måns
• (surnames) Magnusson, Månsson

• → Estonian: Magnus

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [4] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 73 680 males with the given name Magnus living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.