Ivar

See also: ivar and Ívar

Cebuano

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Norse.

Proper noun

Ivar

1. a male given name from Old Norse

Danish

Alternative forms

• Iver

Etymology

From Old Norse Ívarr.

Proper noun

Ivar

1. a male given name from Old Norse, equivalent to English Ivor

Estonian

Etymology

From Old Norse Ívarr.

Proper noun

Ivar

1. a male given name from Old Norse, equivalent to English Ivor

Related terms

• Aivar, Aivo, Ivari, Ivo

Norwegian Nynorsk

Ivar Aasen, a Norwegian linguist.

Alternative forms

• Iva, Ivår (regional variants)

Etymology

From Old Norse Ívarr, from Proto-Norse *ᛁᚹᚨᚺᚨᚱᛃᚨᛉ (*iwaharjaʀ /⁠*īwaharjaʀ⁠/), from Proto-Germanic *īwaz (“yew tree, bow”) + *harjaz (“warrior, army”); also partly merged with Old Norse Yngvarr. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic Ívar, Swedish Ivar, Danish Iver (Danicisation), and English Ivor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²iːvar/, [²iː.ʋɐ̯r]
• (some regions) IPA^(key): /²iːva/
  • Note: Akin to the final r dropping in var (“was”) and hestar (“horses”) of some western dialects.

Proper noun

Ivar m (definite Ivaren)

1. a male given name from Old Norse
   • 1862, Eirik M. Torvaldsson Sommer, Noregs Saga i Stuttmaal. Elder Fortelning um dei største Tilburdarne med Nordmennerne og deira Tilstand i Noreg gjenom Forntidi til vaare Dagar, page 10:

     Ein konung av denne Ætti heitte Ivar Vidfadme; han raadde yver alle Gautarne og Danerne ifraa syndre Enden av Danmark og nord til Vatni, Venern og Vettern.

     A king of this clan was Ivar Widefathom; he ruled over all the Geats and Danes from the southern end of Denmark and north to the lakes, Vänern and Vättern.

Derived terms

Place names:

• Ivardalen
• Ivarrud
• Ivarsdalen
• Ivarset
• Ivarsfjorden
• Ivarsøy (Ivarsøyno)
• Ivarøya
• Ivastugu
• Iversrud
• Ivårsmyr
• Ivårsnuten
• Ivårstøyl

 

Related terms

• y (“yew”)

References

• Eivind Vågslid (1988) “Ivar”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN
• Kristoffer Kruken, Ola Stemshaug (1995) Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
• [1] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 9 882 males with the given name Ivar living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse Ívarr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːvar/

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Interjection

Ivar

1. The letter "I" in the Swedish spelling alphabet

Proper noun

Ivar c (genitive Ivars)

1. a male given name from Old Norse, equivalent to English Ivor

Anagrams

• riva, vari, vira