Given name

Askur

Askur is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Faroese and Icelandic.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Askur comes from Old Norse.

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How it developed

From Old Norse Askr.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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The ring: across languages.

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Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Askur, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old Norse

Álvur

“elf”

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Old Norse

Áslákur

Áslákur is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Icelandic.

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>99% boys

Old Norse

Áslakur

Áslakur is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Faroese.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Old Norse

Alrekur

Alrekur is a given name from Old Norse. It is used in Icelandic.

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>99% boys

Old Norse

Ásmundur

“a god” · “protection, hand”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Ásvaldur

Ásvaldur is a masculine given name from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Faroese.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Ásleivur

Ásleivur is a masculine given name from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Faroese.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Össur

Össur is a masculine given name, probably from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Icelandic.

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>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Askur’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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