Ivar ( Swede. Ivar ) is the male name of Old Norse ( Norwegian ) origin, the first part (prefix) iwa has the meaning “ yew ” or “combat bow”, the ending comes from harja , meaning “warrior” or arr - “spear” [1] .
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Ivar may also be an abbreviated form of the name Ingvar .
The name was popular in the early 1900s and later in the early 2000s. As of December 31, 2005, there were 20,935 people with that name, of which 3,093 in Sweden. It is also common in Norway and Estonia; in Iceland and Latvia - Ivar. The Finnish form is Iivari.
Birthday on January 31 .
Famous carriers
- Ivar Broad Embrace - the legendary king of the 7th century who ruled Skane from the Skjöldung dynasty.
- Ivar Kalnins (Latvian. Ivars Edmunds Kalniņš; born 1948) is a Soviet and Latvian theater and film actor.
- Ivar Beskostny is the legendary leader of the Danish Vikings, the son of Ragnar Lodbroka.
Links
- Ivar // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
Notes
- ↑ nordicnames.de , from the books of Lena Peterson Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002), Árni Dahl Navnabókin (2005), Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995), Roland Otterbjörk Svenska förnamn (1979)