Megingoz (also Meingoz, Megingaud, Megingod, Meingaud, etc.) is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It is a compound of roots meaning "strength" (cf. OHG magan) and Geats (cf. ON Gautar).Thorvald Forssner, Continental-Germanic Personal Names in England in Old and Middle English Times (Uppsala, 1916), p. 183. Latinizations include Megingaudus, Megimgausus, Maingaudus, Maingauldus, Magingotus, etc., whence forms like Mengold and Meingold.Jean-Pierre Brunterc'h, "Foulque, Adelard, Ingelger et les autres", in Giles Constable and Michel Rouche (eds.), Auctoritas: Mélanges offert à Olivier Guillot (Paris, 2006), p. 353.
It may refer to:
Megingoz of Würzburg (d. 783), bishop 753–768 Megingoz, who with his brother Manto, made a major donation to Fulda Abbey in 788 Megingoz (d. after 808), son of Gerold of Anglachgau Megingoz (fl. 876), count in the Wormsgau, member of the Wilhelminer family Megingaud, count in the Maiengau, lay abbot of St. Maximin's Abbey, Trier (887–892) Mengold of Huy (d. 892), count venerated as a saint Megingoz, abbot of Hersfeld (932–935) Meingaud, count in the Maingau (965–987) and Lobdengau (987–1002), member of the Conradine family Megingoz of Guelders (d. c. 1000), count Megingaud of Eichstätt (d. c. 1015), bishop from 991 Megingaud of Trier (d. 1015), archbishop from 1008 Megingoz of Merseburg, bishop 1126–1140 Meingoz of Lechsgemünd, abbot of Weingarten (1188–1200)
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