Ivar
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Ivar (Old Norse Ívarr) is a Scandinavian masculine given name. The Old Norse name has several possible etymologies. In North Germanic phonology, several of the elements common to Germanic names became homophonous. The first element Ívarr may contain yr "yew" and -arr (from hari, "warrior"), but it may have become partly conflated with Ingvar, and possibly Joar (element jó "horse"). The second element -arr may alternatively also be from geir "spear" or it may be var "protector".[1] The name was adopted into English as Ivor and into Gaelic as Iomhar.
People called Ivar
- medieval
- Ivar Ragnarsson, Viking king, who some scholars believe to be identical to:
- Ímar
- Uí Ímair (House of Ivar), his descendants
- Ragnall ua Ímair
- Sihtric ua Ímair
- Gofraid ua Ímair
- Uí Ímair (House of Ivar), his descendants
- Ivar Vidfamne, legendary Danish king of at least Scania and Zealand
- Ivar of Waterford, Norse king of Waterford and briefly King of Dublin
- Ivar of Limerick, last Norse king of Limerick
- Ímar Ua Ruaidín, medieval Irish bishop
- Ímar Ua Donnabáin (Ivor O'Donovan), legendary Irish navigator and sorcerer
- modern
- Ivar Hippe, Norwegian consultant and former journalist
- Ivar Frithiof Andresen, Norwegian opera singer.
- Ivar Ballangrud, Norwegian speed skater
- Ivar Otto Bendixson, Swedish mathematician.
- Ivar Bern, Norwegian chess player
- Ivar Formo, Norwegian cross-country skier
- Ivar Asbjørn Følling, Norwegian physician
- Ivar Giaever, Norwegian physicist
- Ivars Godmanis, prime minister of Latvia 1990-1993, 2007–2009
- Ivar Haglund, Seattle folk singer and founder of Ivar's
- Ívar Ingimarsson, Icelandic footballer
- Ivar Jacobson, Swedish computer scientist
- Ivar Kants, Australian actor
- Ivar Larsen Kirkeby-Garstad, Norwegian politician
- Ivar Kleiven, Norwegian historian and poet
- Ivar Kreuger, Swedish businessman
- Ivar Langen, Norwegian rector
- Ivar Lo-Johansson, Swedish writer
- Ivar Lykke (politician), Norwegian politician and prime minister from 1926 to 1928
- Ivar Rooth, Swedish banker
- Ivar Skulstad, Norwegian politician
- Ivar Bergersen Sælen, Norwegian politician
- Ivar Tengbom, Swedish architect
- Ivar Peterson Tveiten, Norwegian politician
- Ivar Smilga, Bolshevik revolutionary leader
- Ivar Vennerström, Swedish politician
- Ivar Enger, Norwegian former-guitarist of Darkthrone
- Ivar Aasen, Norwegian lexicographer, creator of Nynorsk
- fictional characters
- Ivar the Timewalker, Valiant Comics universe
See also
- Ivars, Latvian masculinge given name derived from Ivar
References
- ↑ nordicnames.de, citing Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002), Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005), Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995), Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979).