Einarr

Old Norse

Etymology

Probably Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”) and Proto-Germanic *harjaz (“warrior”). Cognate to Old Norse einheri (plural einherjar).

Proper noun

Einarr m

A male given name.

Descendants

Danish: Einar, Ejnar, Ejner
Estonian: Einar
Faroese: Einar
Finnish: Einari
Icelandic: Einar
Latvian: Einārs
Norwegian: Einar
Swedish: Einar, Ejnar

References

Eivind Vågslid, Norderlendske fyrenamn, 1988, →ISBN

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