Given name
Åsgeir
“god”·“spear”
Åsgeir is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Norwegian Nynorsk.
Original Old NorseÁsgeirr
Meaning & origin
What it means
Åsgeir is built from elements meaning “god” and “spear”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Norse Ásgeirr, built from Old Norse áss (“god”) + geirr (“spear”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Åsgeir’s family of names
In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Åsgeir shares a linguistic root with the English form Oscar. In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Åsgeir has a related form in ASGEIR. In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Åsgeir shares a linguistic root with the German form ANSGAR.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Åsgeir has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Old Norse roots to each of them.
Old Norsewhere Åsgeir comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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