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Rembrandt (given name)

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Rembrandt
PronunciationEnglish: /ˈrɛmbrænt, -brɑːnt/[1]
Dutch: [ˈrɛmbrɑnt]
Gendermale
Origin
Word/nameOld High German
Other names
Related namesRembrand, Rembrant

Rembrandt is a Dutch given name of Old Dutch and Old High German origin. Variants are Rembrand and Rembrant. An old form was Ragemprand with Ragem, Rem (advice) and prand, brand (sword).[2] In 2014, there were 203 persons with Rembrandt as a given name in the Netherlands.[3]

Men named Rembrandt

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Fictional

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  • Rembrandt Brown, a character on the American science fiction television series Sliders
  • Rembrandt, a character on the 1979 Cult American action thriller film The Warriors and the 2005 video game of same name

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Rembrandt" Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
  2. ^ Behindthename.com Rembrandt
  3. ^ "Rembrandt". www.meertens.knaw.nl (in Dutch). Meertens Instituut. Retrieved 2019-03-26.