Given name
Geirmund
“spear”·“protector”
Geirmund is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Norwegian Nynorsk.
Original Old NorseGeirmundr
Meaning & origin
What it means
Geirmund is built from elements meaning “spear” and “protector”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Norse Geirmundr, built from Old Norse geirr (“spear”) + -mundr (“protector”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Geirmund’s family of names
In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Geirmund shares a linguistic root with the Swedish form GERMUND. In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Geirmund has a related form in Geirmunde. In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Geirmund continues an earlier form in Geirmundr.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Geirmund
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