Given name · also Old Norse
Eilif
“one who is immortal”
Eilif is used as a given name. One interpretation is “one who is immortal.”
Original Old NorseEilífr
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “one who is immortal.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Old Norse.
How it developed
The name combines ei (“always, ever or einn one, alone”) and lífr (“alive”).
Eilif’s family of names
In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Eilif developed from the Old Norse form Eilífr. Eilif has a related form in Elif. In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Eilif has a related form in Eiliv.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Eilif
- Eilif PeterssenNorwegian painter (1852-1928)
- Eilif ArmandNorwegian actor (1921-1993)
- Eilif DahlNorwegian botanist and politician (1916-1993)
- Eilif PhilipsenNorwegian farmer and centenarian (1682–1785)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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