Given name · also Old Norse
Eivind
“luck, fortune”
Eivind is a masculine given name from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk.
Original Old NorseEyvindr
Meaning & origin
What it means
Eivind goes back to Proto-Germanic *awją, meaning “luck, fortune.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Eivind comes from Old Norse, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Eivind developed from Eyvindr.
Eivind’s family of names
In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Eivind shares an earlier linguistic root with Even. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Eivind has a related form in EIVIN. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Eivind has a related form in Even.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Eivind has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
16 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 15
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Eivind
- Eivind HenriksenNorwegian athletics competitorborn 1990
- Eivind AstrupNorwegian explorer and writer (1871-1895)
- Eivind SkaboCanoe racer1916–2006
- Eivind BerggravNorwegian bishop1884–1959
- Eivind TangenNorwegian handball playerborn 1993
- Eivind AarsetNorwegian guitaristborn 1961
- Eivind NielsenNorwegian illustrator and painter (1864-1939)
- Eivind GrovenNorwegian musician (1901–1977)
- Eivind ReitenNorwegian politicianborn 1953
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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