- Source: Bardilo
Bardilo is an Old Germanic given name and surname. It was first attested during the Early Middle Ages, written in The Teutonic Name-System Applied To The Family Names of France, England, & Germany. The name was then borrowed and transliterated all over Europe, specifically in present-day Albania, Belarus, France, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Ukraine, and United Kingdom.
Etymology
There are multiple meanings behind the name in different etymologies.
The Proto-Germanic prefix, *bard, literally means beard or axe and the suffix,-ilo, is an instrumental case of *-ilaz, which forms a noun specifically of tools.
Formed a derivative (Bardilaz) as if referring to a bearded warrior who used an axe as his weapon. It is likely that the warrior was named Bardil.
Possibly referring to the Illyrians who used axes in warfare, and their king Bardylis (Albanian: Bardhyl "bright star").
Other spellings, like Barzil and its derivatives, ultimately come from present-day Israel and are mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. Barzillai, a Gileadite from Rogelim, was a biblical figure in the Torah mentioned in the Second Book of Samuel.
Variants
= Descendants
=Albanian
Albanian: Bardhyl (from Proto-Albanian *bardza)
Hungarian: Bardülisz
Illyrian (Latin): Bardylis
Romanian: Bârzilă
Serbo-Croatian: Barzil[o], then Barzilović
(Balto-Slavic names from Albanian classification; Classification of Thracian)
Belarusian: Barzil[a], then Barzilovič (Барзіловіч)
Lithuanian: Barzila, then Barzilovičius
Polish: Borził[o], then Barzilowicz
Russian: Barzil[o] (Барзил[о]), then Barzilovich (Барзилович)
Ukrainian: Barzil[o] (Барзіл[о]), then Barzilovych (Барзілович)
Germanic
Germanic: Bardil[o], Bardel, Bardol, Bardul, Bardle, Bardal, Bartel (from Proto-Germanic *Bardilaz)
Derivatives: Bardilis, Bardilas, Bardelius/Bordelius, Bardelis/Bordelis
von Bordelius (Bordehl) - Surname of German noble families in Courland.
Old Norse: Bardill, Bardall, Bardull (masculine), Bardla (feminine)
(Balto-Slavic names from Germanic classification)
Belarusian: Bardzil[a] (Бардзіл[а]), then Bardziloŭski (Бардзілоўскі)
Lithuanian: Bardzila, then Bardzilauskas (sometimes Barzilauskas)
Polish: Bordził[o], then Bordziłowski - Surname of Polish noble families (szlachta)
Russian: Bordzil[o] (Бордзил[о]), then Bordzilovskiy (Бордзиловский)
Ukrainian: Bordzil[o] (Бордзіло), then Bordzilovs'kyy (Бордзіловський)
Garbuz-Bordzilovskiy (Гарбуз-Бордзиловский) - Surname of Ruthenian noble families from Bardzily
= Places
=Bardilovo - Village in Belarus; named after an ancestor of Bordziła
Bordziłówka - Villages in Poland and Belarus; named after an ancestor of Bordziłowski
Barzilovica - Village in Serbia; Named after an ancestor of Barzilović
