Amalasuintha

Old Germanic form of MILLICENT.

MILLICENT   female   English
From the Germanic name Amalasuintha, composed of the elements amal "work, labour" and swinth "strong". Amalasuintha was a 6th-century queen of the Ostrogoths. The Normans introduced this name to England in the form Melisent or Melisende. Melisende was a 12th-century queen of Jerusalem, the daughter of Baldwin II.
EQUIVALENTS
ENGLISH: Melicent, Millicent
FRENCH: Mélisande
MEDIEVAL FRENCH: Melisende
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
ENGLISH: Millie, Milly