Geir

From Old Norse Geirr, whence also Geirur.

Geir m

1. A male given name.

Patronymics

• son of Geir: Geirsson
• daughter of Geir: Geirsdóttir

From Old Norse Geirr, from geirr (“spear”) (whence also geir).

• IPA^(key): /keiːr/
• Rhymes: -eiːr

  Homophones: geir

Geir m

1. A male given name

From Old Norse Geirr. A medieval given name revived in Norway in the end of the 19th century.

Geir

1. A male given name.

• Asgeir, Torgeir
• Gjermund, Gjertrud

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 22 647 males with the given name Geir living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.