Aldrovando

This name derives from Old High German “Aldebrand and Alteprand,” composed of two elements: “*alða- / *aldaz / *aþalaz” (old, grown-up/noble, nobleman, aristocratic, eminent, glorious, excellent) plus “*brandaz” (fire, torch, flaming sword). Aliprando represents a variant of the medieval name Aldibrando, best known in the form Aldobrando. The forms Alibrando and Aliprando arise from a process of linguistic assimilation typical of spoken language, in which the consonant “d” is assimilated with the “l” that precedes it. The same thing also happens in the name Alighiero, taken in turn from the original Aldighiero. Aldobrando is not a variation of the most common Hildebrand.