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The first written mention of the name Austria is found in the work Historia Langobardorum by Paolo Diacono and dates back to 796. The name Austria is a latinization of German Österreich (that is, the spelling of the name Austria approximates, for the benefit of Latin speakers, the sound of the German name Österreich).
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Österreicher or Oestreicher or is a German language surname with the literal meaning "One from Austria", "the Austrian" (German Österreich means "Austria"). 'Oe' is a common rendering of " Ö " whenever the diacritics are not available.
The native name for Austria, Österreich, derives from the Old High German Ostarrîchi, which meant "eastern realm" and which first appeared in the "Ostarrîchi document" of 996. [24] [25] This word is probably a translation of Medieval Latin Marchia orientalis into a local (Bavarian) dialect. Austria was a prefecture of Bavaria created in 976.
Florian is a masculine given name borrowed from the ancient Roman name Florianus. [1] The name is derived from Florus, [2] from Latin flōrus (originally "yellow, blond", later "flowering"), related to flāvus ("yellow, blond"). In spite of that, by popular etymology, it is often linked to flōs ("flower"; genitive singular flōris).
Reiss (often written with the German letter ß (or sharp-s) is mostly originated in Austria and South Germany. The south German or Austrian Reiss is a leftover of a profession name Reußhäusler which could best be translated to maker of charcoal from wood in English. Members of this profession usually have been free residents (in the meaning ...
The term Austrian in these times was used for identifying subjects of the Domus Austriae, the House of Austria, as the dynasty was called in Europe, regardless of their ethnic ancestry. Although not formally a united state, the lands ruled by the Habsburgs would sometimes be known by the name "Austria".
The earliest recorded famous bearer of the name was a tenth-century Saint Wolfgang of Regensburg. Due to the lack of conflict with the pagan reference in the name with Catholicism, it is likely a much more ancient name whose meaning had already been lost by the tenth century.