Given name

Eilav

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

Original Old NorseEiláfr

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Eilav comes from Old Norse.

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How it developed

From Old Norse Eiláfr.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Eilav’s family of names

In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Eilav continues an earlier form in Eiláfr.

Walk Eilav’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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

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Old Norse

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Germanic

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Germanic

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Old Norse

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Sibling ideas

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