Talk:Magnus

Could do with discussion of the origin of the name and meaning... As far as I know, it does not really come from Latin magnus, 'great'. m.e. 08:54, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Ten years later, and I agree, but problem is to find a reference. I don't think that what it says ("As a Scandinavian forename, it was extracted from the Frankish ruler Charlemagne's Latin name "Carolus Magnus" and re-analyzed as Old Norse magn-hús") is correct, I think it's the opposite - that it was originally simply an old ruler name (older than Old Norse possibly, since the root word is in current PIE dictionaries), and that the opposite happened - subsequent (medieval) scholars simply assumed it was related to Charlemagne / Carolus Magnus, and thus Made It So. There's obviously no written sources to say otherwise (it would need to be 10th century or earlier), so my belief is based on linguistic analysis. But, it's OR (original research) as far as i can tell, i've failed to find any peer reviewed discussion on the matter, and since i'm neither a linguist nor historian by profession, it's amateur hour opinion at this point. Psm (talk) 23:59, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

Doesn't Magnus mean "the greatest" and magna means "great"? Magnus Aleksandros "the greatest alexander" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.208.242.8 (talk) 06:29, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Pompey is missing!

WHERE IS MAGNETO??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.111.235.97 (talk) 04:14, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

"Magnus, Prince of Penisland (1455-1524)" Surely this is vandalism?