Given name & surname
Ansgar
“god”
Ansgar is a masculine given name from Old High German, meaning “god.” It is used in German and Faroese.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Old High German ans (“god”), from Old High German gēr (“spear”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Ansgar’s family of names
In German usage, Ansgar shares a linguistic root with the English form Oscar. In German usage, Ansgar has a related form in Oskar. In German usage, Ansgar has a conventional equivalent in the English form Oscar.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ansgar has relatives in 10 languages. Lines run from its Old High German roots to each of them.
10 related names in 10 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Oscarcognate · English
- Anscarioequivalent
- Åsgeircognate · Norwegian Nynorsk
- Ásgeircognate · Icelandic, Faroese
- Asgercognate · Swedish, Danish
- AnsgariusLatin
- AnskariFinnish
- AnskarFinnish
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People named Ansgar
- Ansgarmissionary to Denmark and later Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen801–865
- Ansgar KnauffGerman association football playerborn 2002
- Ansgar WesslingWest German rowerborn 1961
- Ansgar BrinkmannGerman footballerborn 1969
- Ansgar GabrielsenNorwegian politicianborn 1955
- Ansgar PuffGerman priest and theologianborn 1956
- Ansgar BeckermannGerman philosopherborn 1945
- Ansgar HevelingGerman politicianborn 1972
- Ansgar PichenWW2 concentration camp guard (1913–1945)
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