Melisent

This name derives from the Germanic (Goths) “*amal / ama-l *swinþaz > amalasuintha,” meaning “very active, strong work.” Amalasuntha was a queen of the Ostrogoths from 526 to 534. She was married to Eutharic, an Ostrogoth noble of the old Amal line (who had previously been living in Visigothic Hispania), son of Widerich, grandson of Berismund, and great-grandson of Thorismund, king of the Ostrogoths. The Amali, also called Amals or Amalings, were the leading dynasty of the Goths, a Germanic people who confronted the Roman Empire in its declining years in the west. According to Gothic legend, the Amali was descended from an ancient hero whose deeds earned him the epithet of Amala or “mighty.” Melisende was the queen of Jerusalem from 1131 to 1153, and regent for her son between 1153 and 1161 while he was away on campaign. Millicent is a female given name that has been in use since the middle ages.