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

1. 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