Given name
Auðvarður
“wealth”·“guard”
Auðvarður is a masculine given name from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Icelandic.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Auðvarður is built from elements meaning “wealth” and “guard”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-Germanic *Audawardaz, built from Proto-Germanic *audaz (“wealth”) + *wardaz (“guard”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Auðvarður’s family of names
In Icelandic usage, Auðvarður shares a linguistic root with the Old English form EADWEARD. In Icelandic usage, Auðvarður has a related form in Auðvörður. In Icelandic usage, Auðvarður shares an earlier linguistic root with Eðvarð.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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