Given name

Erlingur

Erlingur is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Faroese and Icelandic.

Original Old NorseErlingr

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Erlingur comes from Old Norse.

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How it developed

From Old Norse Erlingr.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Erlingur’s family of names

In Icelandic usage, Erlingur continues an earlier form in Erlingr.

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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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Sibling ideas

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