Ívarr

Old Norse

Etymology

The first part (Ív-) stems from Proto-Germanic *īwaz (“yew”), whence also Old English īw. The second part (-arr) stems from Proto-Germanic *harjaz (“warrior”), whence also Old Norse herr (“army, crowd”). Partly merged with Old Norse Yngvarr, Ingvarr.

Proper noun

Ívarr m

A male given name.

Descendants

Danish: Ivar
Estonian: Ivar
Latvian: Ivars
Faroese: Ívar

Finnish: Iivari
Icelandic: Ívar

Norwegian: Ivar
Swedish: Ivar

References

Ivar; in: Eivind Vågslid, Norderlendske fyrenamn, 1988, →ISBN

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