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Play by William Shakespeare
play is being considered for merging. › The Tragedy of King Lear, often shortened to King Lear, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare in late 1605
King_Lear
Shakespearian character
fictional character in William Shakespeare's tragic play King Lear. Cordelia is the youngest of King Lear's three daughters and his favorite. After her elderly
Cordelia_(King_Lear)
Character in King Lear
fictional character and the main antagonist in William Shakespeare's King Lear. He is the illegitimate son of the Earl of Gloucester, and the younger
Edmund_(King_Lear)
Character in Shakespeare's play
character in William Shakespeare's tragic play King Lear, the daughter of the king named after a King of the Britons recorded by the medieval scribe Geoffrey
Regan_(King_Lear)
2018 British-American TV movie
King Lear is a 2018 television film directed by Richard Eyre. An adaptation of the play of the same name by William Shakespeare, cut to just 115 minutes
King_Lear_(2018_film)
American film
Lear Rex is an upcoming American drama film written and directed by Bernard Rose. It is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's King Lear. Al Pacino as
Lear_Rex
Topics referred to by the same term
King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, named for the pseudohistorical king of Britannia Leir of Britain. King Lear may also refer to a number of
King_Lear_(disambiguation)
1987 film directed by Jean-Luc Godard
King Lear is a 1987 film directed by Jean-Luc Godard and produced by Cannon Films, an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play in the avant-garde style
King_Lear_(1987_film)
1892 play
The Yiddish King Lear (Yiddish: דער ייִדישער קעניג ליר, romanized: Der Yidisher Kenig Lir, also known as The Jewish King Lear) was an 1892 play by Jacob
The_Yiddish_King_Lear
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Lear, lear, or léar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Look up leir, leír, léir, or lèir in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lear or Leir may
Lear
Nahum Tate's 1681 adaptation of "King Lear"
The History of King Lear is an adaptation by Nahum Tate of William Shakespeare's King Lear. It first appeared in 1681, some seventy-five years after Shakespeare's
The_History_of_King_Lear
British-Australian actor (born 1948)
King. First Season (1980/81) Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet (Ron Daniels, RST, Aldwych) Second Season (1982/83) Edgar in the Michael Gambon King Lear (Adrian
Jonathan_Hyde
Character in King Lear
a character in William Shakespeare's tragic play King Lear (1605). She is the eldest of King Lear's three daughters. Along with her sister Regan, Goneril
Goneril
1983 British television play
King Lear (1983) is a video production of William Shakespeare's 1606 play of the same name, directed by Michael Elliott. It was broadcast in 1983 in the
King_Lear_(1983_TV_programme)
List of films featuring Kenneth Branagh
Abouttheartist. Retrieved 17 April 2024. "King Lear". Wyndham's Theatre. Retrieved 17 April 2024. "Kenneth Branagh Will Be King Lear at Off-Broadway's The Shed". Playbill
Kenneth_Branagh_filmography
Possible order of composition of Shakespeare's plays
1594; Othello was performed in 1604, but not published until 1622; and King Lear was performed in 1606, but not published until 1608. Performance and publication
Chronology of Shakespeare's plays
Chronology_of_Shakespeare's_plays
British actress (born 1980)
also appeared in productions of Poor Beck, A Midsummer Night's Dream, King Lear and Romeo and Juliet, with the Royal Shakespeare Company. From July to
Siân_Brooke
1971 film by Grigori Kozintsev
King Lear (Russian: Король Лир, romanized: Korol Lir) is a 1971 Soviet drama film directed by Grigori Kozintsev, based on William Shakespeare's play King
King_Lear_(1971_Soviet_film)
British actor (born 1990)
production including The Merry Wives of Windsor (2012), Hamlet (2016), and King Lear (2016). He has won an Independent Spirit Award and a Laurence Olivier
Paapa_Essiedu
Fictional character from the novel Moby-Dick
three modes of madness in King Lear, the King's, the Fool's, and Edgar's; as allegorized in Moby-Dick, Ahab takes the role of Lear, and Pip the roles of both
Captain_Ahab
Scottish actor (born 1961)
documentaries on Shakespearean works in 1997. The first was Cromwell Productions' King Lear: A Critical Guide, where he portrayed Albany. Second was Julius Caesar:
Graham_McTavish
English actor (born 1988)
took over the role of Edgar from Jonathan Bailey in the Ian McKellen-led King Lear after Bailey declined to join the West End transfer in order to appear
Luke_Thompson_(actor)
it is to have a thankless child. King Lear. Act 1. Scene 4. I am a man, more sinned against than sinning. King Lear. Act 3. Scene 2. I wasted time and
List of idioms attributed to Shakespeare
List_of_idioms_attributed_to_Shakespeare
English actor (1934–2024)
seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company during the 1960s. West played King Lear (four times) and Macbeth (twice) along with other notable roles in The
Timothy_West
1577 compilation history of the British Isles
because of their extensive links to Shakespearean history, as well as King Lear, Macbeth and Cymbeline. Recent studies of the Chronicles have focused
Holinshed's_Chronicles
Irish actor
in 2017, playing Edmund in Chichester Festival Theatre production of King Lear for a short run from 22 September to 28 October. He appeared as Bourke
Damien_Molony
Painting by Benjamin West
King Lear in the Storm is a 1788 oil on canvas history painting by the American-British artist Benjamin West. It depicts an episode from William Shakespeare's
King_Lear_in_the_Storm
episode in Henry VI, Part 2. The Duke of Albany is Goneril's husband in King Lear. Alcibiades (hist) is a soldier who turns renegade when one of his junior
List of Shakespearean characters (A–K)
List_of_Shakespearean_characters_(A–K)
career. He made his Broadway debut as Edmund in a 2019 adaptation of King Lear. Ghelerter, Adam (March 15, 2024). "How Pedro Pascal Rose to Fame". MovieWeb
Pedro Pascal on screen and stage
Pedro_Pascal_on_screen_and_stage
Chilean and American actor (born 1975)
productions. He made his Broadway debut as Edmund in a 2019 adaptation of King Lear. José Pedro Balmaceda Pascal was born on April 2, 1975, in Santiago, Chile
Pedro_Pascal
English actor (born 1974)
November 2008). "King Lear". Variety. Retrieved 10 June 2019. Cavendish, Dominic (5 February 2009). "King Lear at the Young Vic, review: more Lear, less madness"
Tobias_Menzies
British actress (born 1993)
2016, Carter made her professional London stage debut in the ensemble of King Lear at the Old Vic and returned to television in 2017, appearing in an episode
Bessie_Carter
Welsh actor (born 1937)
Royal National Theatre in 1965. Productions at the National included King Lear (his favourite Shakespeare play), Coriolanus, Macbeth, and Antony and
Anthony_Hopkins
British actor (born 1988)
November 2014. "King Lear Reviewed". talawa.com. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016. "Don Warrington's King Lear is a heartbreaking
Alfred_Enoch
English actor (1931–2020)
1998 West End production of King Lear. For his television roles he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for King Lear, and the HBO film The Last
Ian_Holm
American actress (born 1958)
Dalloway was released at Audible.com. In 2014, she starred in Shakespeare's King Lear at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, as part of the Public Theatre's
Annette_Bening
American actor (born 1941)
George Wendt. In 2006, Keach performed the lead role in Shakespeare's King Lear at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. In 2008, he played Merlin in Lerner
Stacy_Keach
Canadian actor and stage director (born 1939)
Atreus; Iago; Oberon; and the title roles in Henry V, Oedipus the King, and King Lear. He also was an associate director.In 1968, Cariou made his Broadway
Len_Cariou
1953 live television adaptation by Peter Brook
King Lear is a 1953 live television adaptation of the Shakespeare play staged by Peter Brook and starring Orson Welles. Preserved on kinescope, it aired
King_Lear_(1953_film)
Poetic line of four trochaic feet
befal preposterously. The character of Edgar disguised as "Poor Tom", in King Lear (1605): EDGAR Tom will throw his head at them: avaunt, you curs! Be thy
Trochaic_tetrameter
British actor (born 1948)
in a nationwide production of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing and King Lear. He played Gonzalo in Shakespeare’s play The Tempest at Sam Wanamaker
Joseph_Marcell
Scottish actor (born 1946)
Shakespeare Company, where he gained recognition for his portrayal of King Lear. Cox received two Laurence Olivier Awards for Best Actor for his roles
Brian_Cox_(actor)
Canadian film and television series
Agency for Southern Ontario in July 2015. The first film in the series, King Lear, starred Colm Feore in the title role. The cast also included Scott Wentworth
CBC Presents the Stratford Festival
CBC_Presents_the_Stratford_Festival
1971 film
King Lear is a 1971 British film adaptation of the Shakespeare play directed by Peter Brook and starring Paul Scofield. Filmed in stark black-and-white
King_Lear_(1971_British_film)
Australian actress (born 1987)
Best Lead Actress in a Play. Her other theatre credits include roles in King Lear (2009), The Master Builder (2016) and Saint Joan (2018). Sarah Ruth Snook
Sarah_Snook
English actress (born 1996)
then played Cordelia to Anthony Hopkins's titular King Lear in Richard Eyre's television film King Lear and appeared in the short film Leading Lady Parts
Florence_Pugh
Plays of the English playwright
William Jr. (1997). "Shakespeare and His Actors: Some Remarks on King Lear" from Lear from Study to Stage: Essays in Criticism edited by James Ogden and
Shakespeare's_plays
English actor (born 1998)
made his West End debut as Edmund in Kenneth Branagh's production of King Lear at Wyndham's Theatre. He has appeared in the second installment of the
Corey_Mylchreest
English actor (1943–2026)
in 1980/81: he also played Berowne in Love's Labour's Lost, Edgar in King Lear, and in new work by David Rudkin, David Edgar and Howard Brenton and classic
Michael_Pennington
Character archetype recurring in the works of William Shakespeare
Like It,"(1599), Feste in "Twelfth Night,"(1600), and (the) fool in "King Lear,"(1605); helped Shakespeare resolve the tension between thematic material
Shakespearean_fool
Canadian actor (born 1958)
play Macbeth, the main role of Cyrano in Cyrano de Bergerac, and Lear in King Lear in 2014, all performed at the Stratford Festival Theatre. He also
Colm_Feore
where he starred in numerous productions of William Shakespeare including King Lear (1968), Bartholomew Fair (1969), Measure for Measure (1970), The Tempest
Ben Kingsley on screen and stage
Ben_Kingsley_on_screen_and_stage
British actress
two-time Tony Award nominee for her performances in Constellations and King Lear on Broadway. She has won a Golden Globe for her role in The Affair and
Ruth_Wilson
British actress
appeared in two Royal Shakespeare Company productions: as Cordelia in King Lear and as Nina in The Seagull, starring alongside Ian McKellen, Frances Barber
Romola_Garai
American actor (born 1962)
January 23 to February 8, 2026, Potts played the title role in the play King Lear at the Ellen Stewart Theater. Other cast members included Tony Torn, in
Michael_Potts_(actor)
English actor (born 1939)
Wood Demon and William Shakespeare tragedy King Lear. The following year, he starred in Shakespeare's King John, George Colman's The Clandestine Marriage
Ian_McKellen
1999 film by Brian Blessed
King Lear is a 1999 adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same name. The film stars Brian Blessed (who also co-directed the film, along with
King_Lear_(1999_film)
British actress
Touring Theatre. King Lear. Directed by Stephen Unwin, featuring Timothy West as King Lear. 2002–2003. https://ett.org.uk/our-work/king-lear/. "Hamlet Revisited
Rachel_Pickup
British actor
Sheffield Crucible (2012), both runs of Posh (2010 and 2012), the 2012 King Lear at the Almeida Theatre and the 2013 Titus Andronicus and A Mad World My
Richard_Goulding
English actress (born 1995)
various plays, including The Importance of Being Earnest, Julius Caesar, King Lear, The Laramie Project, The Oresteia, The Provoked Wife, and Stoning Mary
Elizabeth_Dulau
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
He then wrote mainly tragedies until 1608, among them Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth, which are considered to be among the finest works in English
William_Shakespeare
English actress (born 1977)
review". The Guardian. 24 January 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2022. "King Lear - review". The Guardian. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
Anna_Maxwell_Martin
Tragedies written by William Shakespeare
Holinshed's Chronicles in 1587. Some events that happen in Shakespeare's King Lear were inspired by various episodes of Philip Sidney's Arcadia from 1590
Shakespearean_tragedy
English actress (born 1946)
1969 at the Nottingham Playhouse. Her early roles included Cordelia in King Lear, both in Nottingham and at The Old Vic. She made her Broadway debut in
Penelope_Wilton
British actor (born 1989)
early career, Melling performed in stage productions of The Provoked Wife, King John, Antigone, and Plenty. He appeared in five of the Harry Potter films
Harry_Melling
Japanese actor (born 1960)
of Love. His role as the Fool in a production of the Shakespeare play King Lear (1999–2000) gave him theatrical attention, and led to his appointment
Hiroyuki_Sanada
Unisex given name
girls was influenced by a character in William Shakespeare’s tragic play King Lear. Regan was more commonly used for males in the Anglosphere in the 1800s
Regan_(given_name)
British actress
spin-off, Beyond Paradise. On stage, she played Goneril in Shakespeare's King Lear at Shakespeare's Globe in 2008. Bretton has made a number of appearances
Sally_Bretton
Scottish actor and director
2012, he returned to the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow to play the lead in King Lear alongside George Costigan. In March 2014, Hayman presented a BBC Two documentary
David_Hayman
1991 novel by Jane Smiley
their 2022 season. The novel is a modernized retelling of Shakespeare's King Lear and is set on a thousand-acre (four hundred hectares) farm in Iowa owned
A_Thousand_Acres
Canadian actor (1928–2000)
for the 1951-52 season. At the age of 22 he played the title role in King Lear, the youngest actor to play the part at the Old Vic. He also starred in
John_Colicos
British theatre company
and Mary Ure as Roman citizens. (1959) King Lear, directed by Peter Brook and starring Paul Scofield as Lear, Irene Worth as Goneril, Patience Collier
Royal_Shakespeare_Company
English actor (1911–1995)
English actor. He is best known for his Shakespearean roles, especially King Lear. He often appeared in film, rising from a bit part actor to leading roles;
Michael_Hordern
Pseudo-historical king
was modified and retold by William Shakespeare in his Jacobean tragedy King Lear. Geoffrey of Monmouth identified Leir as the eponymous founder of the
Leir_of_Britain
BroadwayWorld. Emma Thompson Biography (1959–)", filmreference.com "An Impressive King Lear Outshines A Flawed, Hilarious 'dream'" by Richard Christiansen, Chicago
Emma Thompson on screen and stage
Emma_Thompson_on_screen_and_stage
Welsh actor
Circle Theatre Award; Housman in The Invention of Love; and Edgar in King Lear, for which he was nominated for an Olivier Award. He appeared as Edmund
Paul_Rhys
British actress (born 1952)
since their RSC world tour, playing a "grimly determined Goneril" in King Lear at The Old Vic. Celia Imrie narrated during the ceremonial event held
Celia_Imrie
British actor (born 1949)
Thrones in 2017. He also acted in London Spy (2015), War & Peace (2016), King Lear (2018) and The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (2023). James Broadbent
Jim_Broadbent
British actress (born 1969)
appearances include Kate Hardcastle in She Stoops to Conquer, Regan in King Lear and Masha in The Seagull, the latter two with Ian McKellen. Dolan played
Monica_Dolan
American actor, choreographer, clown and comedian (born 1950)
McAfee in the Broadway revival of Bye Bye Birdie. In 2011, he appeared in King Lear at the Public Theatre. In 2023, he played Clov in the Irish Repertory
Bill_Irwin
American actor, writer, and director (born 1952)
New York Shakespeare in the Park festival, Peters played Gloucester in King Lear. Peters is familiar to television viewers as Detective Lester Freamon
Clarke_Peters
British actor and author (born 1964)
began his career in the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) productions of King Lear and Love's Labour's Lost (1990). On television, he is known for his roles
Paterson_Joseph
Instrumental works
two in A), three trombones, ophicleide, timpani and strings. Le roi Lear (King Lear), Op. 4. Composed in Nice in 1831 during Berlioz's journey back to
Overtures_by_Hector_Berlioz
Departure. He was originally set to play the lead in a film adaptation of King Lear to be filmed in summer 2021, but he died in February, thus being unable
Christopher Plummer on screen and stage
Christopher_Plummer_on_screen_and_stage
British actor (born 1983)
prize of the 2011 Ian Charleson Award for his role as Edgar in the 2010 King Lear production at the Donmar Warehouse. In 2012, Lee starred in the Donmar
Gwilym_Lee
British actor and filmmaker (born 1960)
Retrieved 15 October 2022. "King Lear". Wyndham's Theatre. Retrieved 17 April 2024. Akbar, Arifa (31 October 2023). "King Lear review – Kenneth Branagh's
Kenneth_Branagh
Scottish actor and stage director (born 1944)
Nunn's 1976 Macbeth (television 1978), The Merchant of Venice (1984) and King Lear (2005). He played Ivanov in Tom Stoppard's play Every Good Boy Deserves
Ian_McDiarmid
Italian-born actress (born 1960)
Jonathan Miller directed a gala performance of William Shakespeare's King Lear at The Old Vic in London. Scacchi played Regan. In 2014, Scacchi played
Greta_Scacchi
American actor (1931–2024)
Park including Othello (1964), Coriolanus (1965), Hamlet (1972), and King Lear (1973). For his roles on Broadway, Jones won two Tony Awards for Best
James_Earl_Jones
English actress (1938–2020)
1959 and 1967, including Gwendolen in Jean Anouilh's Becket, Cordelia in King Lear and Adriana in The Comedy of Errors.(). Her professional debut was as
Diana_Rigg
Canadian television series
titular character. The third season follows the New Burbage production of King Lear. The cast of Macbeth returns home after a successful run of the production
Slings_&_Arrows
English actress
Winter's Tale (2006, RSC) as Hermione King Lear (2014, National Theatre) as Goneril National Theatre Live: King Lear (2014) as Goneril High Society (2015
Kate_Fleetwood
British actress
the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for King Lear in 2011, Dear England in 2024, and The Years in 2025. McKee was born in
Gina_McKee
Theme in Tolkien's fantasy
Denethor, Steward of Gondor, have been compared to that of Shakespeare's King Lear. Both men are first outraged when their children (Faramir and Cordelia
Mental illness in Middle-earth
Mental_illness_in_Middle-earth
English actress (born 1963)
Shakespearean roles included Calpurnia in Julius Caesar (1987), Cordelia in King Lear (1990), Hero in Much Ado About Nothing (1990–1991), Titania in A Midsummer
Alex_Kingston
American actor (born 1947)
performed in a Royal Shakespeare Company National Tour's production of King Lear and A Midsummer Night's Dream. After this he starred in several off-Broadway
Jeffrey_DeMunn
Cymbeline, Romeo and Juliet, Henry VI Part One, Titus Andronicus, and King Lear. Douglas Hickox director Vincent Price as Edward Lionheart Diana Rigg
List of William Shakespeare screen adaptations
List_of_William_Shakespeare_screen_adaptations
Anglo-Irish poet and playwright
in 1692. Tate is best known for The History of King Lear, his 1681 adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear, and for his libretto for Henry Purcell's opera
Nahum_Tate
American actor
Theater production of King Lear starring Kevin Kline in the title role and directed by James Lapine. For his performance in King Lear and Pig Farm, he was
Logan_Marshall-Green
English actor (born 1961)
in Ibsen's Ghosts, Ferdinand in The Duchess of Malfi and as Edgar in King Lear. At the first annual Ian Charleson Awards in January 1991, he received
Simon_Russell_Beale
KING LEAR
KING LEAR
Male
Norse
Old Norse name derived from proto-Germanic Ingwaz, ING means "Lord of the Inguins." In mythology, this is the name of a fertility god.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a Middle English personal name, Kin, Kinna, which is a shortened form of any of various Old English names beginning with Cyne ‘royal’, for example Cynesige (see Kinsey).Dutch : nickname for someone with a pointed or jutting chin.Dutch : from Middle Dutch kinne ‘kin’.Hungarian : nickname from kÃn ‘pain’.Variant of Korean Kim.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin; possibly from a reduced form of the personal name Dominick.Chinese : from the name of Meng Mingshi, a senior minister of the state of Qin in the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc). His descendants adopted the first character of his given name, which means ‘bright’, as their surname.
Female
Japanese
(欽) Japanese unisex name KIN means "gold."
Boy/Male
English
Ring.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly East Anglia)
English (mainly East Anglia) : habitational name from Lyng in Norfolk, so named from Old English hlinc ‘hillside’, or from either of two places in Norfolk and Lincolnshire named Ling, from Old Norse lyng ‘ling’, ‘heather’. There is also a Lyng in Somerset, so named from Old English lengen ‘long place’.German : variant of Link.Chinese : from a word meaning ‘ice’. In ancient times, the imperial palace was able to enjoy ice in the summer by storing winter ice in a cellar, entrusting its care to an official called the iceman. This post was once filled during the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 bc) by a descendant of Kang Shu, the eighth son of Wen Wang, who had been granted the state of Wei soon after the establishment of the Zhou dynasty. Descendants of this particular iceman adopted the word for ice, ling, as their surname.
Female
German
Pet form of German Kunigunde, KINGE means "brave war."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a Middle English personal name, which originated as a short form of any of various Old English personal names beginning with Cyne- ‘royal’.German : nickname for someone with a prominent chin, from Middle High German kinne ‘chin’, or from an Old High German personal name formed with the element kuoni ‘bold’ or chunni ‘race’, ‘people’. Compare Konrad.Norwegian : habitational name from any of several farmsteads named Kinn, from Old Norse kinn ‘chin’ with reference to the land formation.
Surname or Lastname
English, German, and Dutch
English, German, and Dutch : metonymic occupational name for a maker of rings (from Middle English ring, Middle High German rinc, Middle Dutch ring), either to be worn as jewelry or as component parts of chain-mail, harnesses, and other objects. In part it may also have arisen as a nickname for a wearer of a ring.Scandinavian : from ring ‘ring’, probably an ornamental name but possibly applied in the same sense as 3 or 1.German : topographic name from Middle High German, Middle Low German rink, rinc ‘circle’.Irish (eastern County Cork) : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Rinn (see Reen).
Female
Polish
Hungarian and Polish form of German Kunigunde, KINGA means "brave war."
Boy/Male
English American
King. King's field. Title used as a surname by the members of a royal household. Famous...
Male
English
English name derived from the vocabulary word, "king," from Old English cyning, probably KING means "family, race."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of King.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places named Wing in Buckinghamshire and Rutland. The former was probably named in Old English as the settlement of the Wiwingas ‘the family or followers of a man named Wiwa’, or alternatively perhaps ‘the people of the temple’ (from a derivative of Old English wīg, wēoh ‘(pre-Christian) temple’). The latter is from Old Norse vengi, a derivative of vangr ‘field’. Compare Wang.Dutch (van Wing) : variant of Winge.Chinese : variant of Rong 2.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Old Norse and Middle English personal name Ing(a), a short form of various names with the first element Ing- (see Ingle).English : habitational name from an Essex place name, Ing, which survives with various manorial affixes in the names Fryerning, Ingatestone, Ingrave, and Margaretting, and which is probably from an Old English tribal name Gēingas ‘people of the district’.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : nickname from Yiddish ing ‘young’.Chinese : possibly a variant of Wu 1.Chinese : possibly a variant of Wu 4.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : nickname from Middle English king, Old English cyning ‘king’ (originally merely a tribal leader, from Old English cyn(n) ‘tribe’, ‘race’ + the Germanic suffix -ing). The word was already used as a byname before the Norman Conquest, and the nickname was common in the Middle Ages, being used to refer to someone who conducted himself in a kingly manner, or one who had played the part of a king in a pageant, or one who had won the title in a tournament. In other cases it may actually have referred to someone who served in the king’s household. The American surname has absorbed several European cognates and equivalents with the same meaning, for example German König (see Koenig), Swiss German Küng, French Leroy. It is also found as an Ashkenazic Jewish surname, of ornamental origin.Chinese : variant of Jin 1.Chinese : , , , , Jing.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained; perhaps a variant of Pink.Chinese : there are two sources of this name, which also means ‘peace’. One is the name of a senior minister of the state of Qi during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc), who was posthumously named Yan Pingzhong. The other source is a city called Ping in the state of Han during the Warring States period (403–221 bc). It was granted to a marquis whose descendants adopted the place name as their surname.
Surname or Lastname
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from Middle High German kint, German Kind ‘child’, hence a nickname for someone with a childish or naive disposition, or an epithet used to distinguish between a father and his son. In some cases it may be a short form of any of various names ending in -kind, a patronymic ending of Jewish surnames.Dutch : variant spelling of Kint, cognate with 1, also found in such forms as ’t Kind and compounds such as Jongkind.English : nickname from Middle English kind (Old English gecynde) in any of its many senses: ‘legitimate’, ‘dutiful’, ‘benevolent’, ‘loving’, ‘gracious’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain derivation; probably a topographic name for someone living near a bing, a northern dialect word recorded with the senses ‘heap’, ‘bin’, ‘receptacle’ (probably from Old Norse bingr ‘stall’).Jewish (western Ashkenazic) and Danish : habitational name from Bing, a shortened form of Bingen.Danish : metonymic occupational name, from bing ‘storage bin for grain’, for someone who either made or used such containers.
Boy/Male
American, British, Christian, English, French, Indian, Jamaican
Monarch; Ruler; Yumi; Family; Race
KING LEAR
KING LEAR
Boy/Male
Hindu
Invoking well
Girl/Female
Hindu
Evening, Twilight, Dusk
Boy/Male
Tamil
Master of all or God or king or Lord of all
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Wyman.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Name of a Goddess
Girl/Female
Hebrew
Given praise.
Girl/Female
German
Of the people.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Light of the Sun, Astrologer, Luminous or bright or glowing
Girl/Female
Australian, Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Quite and Gentle
Boy/Male
Hindu
Killer of demon Madhu
KING LEAR
KING LEAR
KING LEAR
KING LEAR
KING LEAR
v. i.
To sound, as a bell; to ring; to clang.
superl.
Gentle; tractable; easily governed; as, a horse kind in harness.
v. i.
To sound or ring, as a bell; to tinkle.
n.
A heap or pile; as, a bing of wood.
v. i.
To supply with a king; to make a king of; to raise to royalty.
superl.
Proceeding from, or characterized by, goodness, gentleness, or benevolence; as, a kind act.
v. t.
To cut off the wings of; to wound in the wing; to disable a wing of; as, to wing a bird.
v. i.
To make the sound called ping.
v. t.
To influence by singing; to lull by singing; as, to sing a child to sleep.
n.
Any appendage resembling the wing of a bird or insect in shape or appearance.
n.
A playing card having the picture of a king; as, the king of diamonds.
n.
A sound; especially, the sound of vibrating metals; as, the ring of a bell.
v. t.
To make a ring around by cutting away the bark; to girdle; as, to ring branches or roots.
superl.
Having feelings befitting our common nature; congenial; sympathetic; as, a kind man; a kind heart.
v. t.
To cause to sound or ring.
v. t.
To fit with a ring or with rings, as the fingers, or a swine's snout.
v. t.
To surround with a ring, or as with a ring; to encircle.
n.
One who, or that which, holds a supreme position or rank; a chief among competitors; as, a railroad king; a money king; the king of the lobby; the king of beasts.
n.
Passage by flying; flight; as, to take wing.
a.
Of the same nature or kind; kinder.