Ívarr

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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The first part (Ív-) stems from Proto-Germanic *īwaz (yew), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw- (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

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Ívarr m

  1. a male given name

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: Ívar
  • Faroese: Ívar
  • Norwegian: Ivar, Ivår, Iva
  • Swedish: Ivar
  • Danish: Iver
  • Danish: Ivar
  • Estonian: Ivar
  • Latvian: Ivars
  • Finnish: Iivari
  • Old Irish: Ímar

References

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