Given name

Arndor

Arndor is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Norwegian Nynorsk.

Original Old NorseArnþórr

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Arndor comes from Old Norse.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old Norse Arndórr, built from Norwegian Nynorsk arn + -dor.

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Arndor’s family of names

In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Arndor shares an earlier linguistic root with ARNOR. In Old Norse usage, Arndor has a related form in Ander. In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Arndor has a related form in Andor.

Walk Arndor’s family in the name graph

ArndorAnderAndorAndoArndórArnorArnþórArnþórr

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Arndor has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Old Norse roots to each of them.

IcelandicFaroeseOld NorseNorwegian Nynorsk

Old Norsewhere Arndor comes from · 6 names

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

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