Given name
Ásgeir
Ásgeir is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Faroese and Icelandic.
Original Old NorseÁsgeirr
Meaning & origin
Ásgeir’s family of names
In Icelandic usage, Ásgeir shares a linguistic root with the English form Oscar. In Faroese usage, Ásgeir continues an earlier form in Ásgeirr. In Faroese usage, Ásgeir shares a linguistic root with the German form ANSGAR.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ásgeir has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Old Norse roots to each of them.
Old Norsewhere Ásgeir comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ásgeir
- Ásgeir ÁsgeirssonIcelandic politician, 2nd President of Iceland (1894-1972) Governor of Surtsey (1963-1968)
- Ásgeir SigurvinssonIcelandic footballerborn 1955
- Ásgeir TraustiIcelandic musicianborn 1992
- Ásgeir Örn HallgrímssonIcelandic handball playerborn 1984
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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Aðalgeir
Aðalgeir is a masculine given name from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Faroese and Icelandic.
>99% boys
Álfgeir
“javelin of the elf”
>99% boys
Audgeir
“riches, wealth” · “spear”
>99% boys
Þorgeir
“thunder” · “spear”
>99% boys
Úlfgeir
Úlfgeir is a given name from Old Norse. It is used in Icelandic.
>99% boys
Targeir
“thunder” · “spear”
>99% boys
Hallgeir
“stone” · “spear”
>99% boys
Askur
Askur is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Faroese and Icelandic.
>99% boys