Given name · also Old Norse
Øssur
Øssur is a masculine given name from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Faroese.
Original Old NorseǪzurr
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Øssur comes from Old Norse, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Norse Ǫzurr, from Proto-Germanic *Andaswaruz.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Øssur’s family of names
In Faroese usage, Øssur continues an earlier form in Ǫzurr.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
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