First names dictionary

WERTHER

Werther: translation

Wertherm
German: found in the earlyMiddle Agesin theLatinizedformWertharius. It probably derives from theGermanicelementswertworthy +heri,hariarmy, warrior. The name had become comparatively rare inGermanyby the laterMiddle Ages, but was chosen by Goethe for the hero of his early novelDie Leiden des jungen Werther(‘The Sorrows of Young Werther’, 1774), since when it has been quietly popular.

  1. werther—Werther bersetzungAbleitung auf eru von Werth . oder . Herkunftsname zu dem Ortsnamen Werther NordrheinWestfalen Thringen oder zu dem gleich lautenden Wstungsnamen bei Pa...Wörterbuch der deutschen familiennamen