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Gender
Masculine
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Origin of the Name Napoleon
Old High German; Greek; Italian
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Usage of the Name Napoleon
Historical
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Meaning of the Name Napoleon
The name Napoleon has several meanings:
1. It could be derived from Nibelungen, the name of a race of dwarfs in Germanic legend meaning "sons of the mist".
2. It could be derived from Greek Napoleoon (from "napè" or "napos" - "forest, valley" and "leon" - "lion").
3. It could also be derived from the name of the Italian city Neapolis (Naples) and would have originally meant "from Naples".
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Famous Bearers
A bearer of the name is Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821), a French military and political leader who was the French emperor between 1804 and 1815.
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