Kåre

See also: Kare, kare, karē, Káre, kāre, käre, kåre, and kære

Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse Kári, originally a byname from kárr (“curly-haired”). (Possibly akin to English Cory.)

Proper noun

Kåre

1. a male given name.

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• [1] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 11 076 males with the given name Kåre living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.