Ivar
See also: ivar and Ívar
Cebuano
Etymology
Ultimately from Old Norse.
Proper noun
Ivar
- a male given name from Old Norse
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse Ívarr.
Proper noun
Ivar
- a male given name, akin to the English Ivor
Estonian
Etymology
From Old Norse Ívarr.
Proper noun
Ivar
- a male given name, akin to English Ivor
Related terms
- Aivar, Aivo, Ivari, Ivo
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse Ívarr, from elements meaning "yew tree, bow" and "army"; also partly merged with Old Norse Yngvarr. Related to English Ivor.
Proper noun
Ivar
- a male given name
References
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 9 882 males with the given name Ivar living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Ivar Aasen, a Norwegian linguist.
Alternative forms
- Iva, Ivår (regional variants)
Etymology
From Old Norse Ívarr, from Proto-Germanic *īwaz (“yew tree, bow”) + *harjaz (“warrior, army”); also partly merged with Old Norse Yngvarr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²iːvar/, [²iː.ʋɐ̯r]
Proper noun
Ivar m (definite Ivaren)
- a male given name from Old Norse
References
- Eivind Vågslid (1988) Norderlendske fyrenamn, →ISBN, page 207
- Kristoffer Kruken; Ola Stemshaug (1995) Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
- Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 9 882 males with the given name Ivar living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse Ívarr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈiːvar/
Proper noun
Ivar c (genitive Ivars)
- a male given name, akin to Ivor
Anagrams
- riva, vari, vira