Given name
Ívar
Ívar is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Faroese and Icelandic.
Original Old NorseÍvarr
Meaning & origin
Ívar’s family of names
In Icelandic usage, Ívar has a conventional equivalent in the English form Ivor. In Icelandic usage, Ívar continues an earlier form in Ívarr.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
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 Ívar
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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Ingvar
“a soldier of Ing's army”
>99% boys
Àlvar
“elf” · “army”
>99% boys
Orvar
“arrow's”
>99% boys
Ingimar
Ingimar is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Faroese.
>99% boys
Óttar
Óttar is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Faroese.
>99% boys
Assar
“answerer”
>99% boys
Ansvar
Ansvar is a masculine given name, probably from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Old Swedish.
>99% boys
Arnar
Arnar is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Faroese and Icelandic.
98% boys · 2% girls