Given name

Eivindur

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

Original Old NorseEyvindr

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Eivindur comes from Old Norse.

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How it developed

From Old Norse Eyvindr.

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Eivindur’s family of names

In Faroese usage, Eivindur shares a linguistic root with the Norwegian Bokmål form EIVIND. In Faroese usage, Eivindur continues an earlier form in Eyvindr.

Walk Eivindur’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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Sibling ideas

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