Given name & surname
Agnar
“awe”
Agnar is a masculine given name from Old Norse, meaning “awe.” It is used in Faroese and Norwegian.
Original Old NorseAgnarr
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Norwegian usage, Agnar developed from the Old Norse form Agnarr.
Agnar’s family of names
In Norwegian usage, Agnar developed from the Old Norse form Agnarr. In Faroese usage, Agnar continues an earlier form in Agnarr.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Agnar
- Agnar MykleNorwegian writer and puppeteer (1915–1994)
- Agnar ChristensenNorwegian association football playerborn 1969
- Agnar SandmoNorwegian economist (1938–2019)
- Agnar Johannes BarthNorwegian forester (1871-1948)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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