Ivar

Ultimately from Old Norse.

Ivar

1. a male given name from Old Norse

• Iver

From Old Norse Ívarr.

Ivar

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

From Old Norse Ívarr.

Ivar

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

• Aivar, Aivo, Ivari, Ivo

• Iva, Ivår (regional variants)

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.

• 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.

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.

Place names:

• y (“yew”)

• 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.

From Old Norse Ívarr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːvar/

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Ivar

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

Ivar c (genitive Ivars)

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

• riva, vari, vira