Given name · also Old Norse
Grímur
Grímur is a masculine given name from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Faroese and Icelandic.
Original Old NorseGrímr
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Grímur comes from Old Norse, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Norse Grímr, from Proto-Germanic *Grīmaz.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Grímur’s family of names
In Icelandic usage, Grímur continues an earlier form in Grímr.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Grímur
- Grímur KambanNorwegian explorer801–899
- Grímur HákonarsonIcelandic film director and screenwriterborn 1977
- Grímur ThomsenIcelandic poet and editor (1820–1896)
- Grímur Jónsson ThorkelinIcelandic–Danish academic (1752-1829)
- Grímur Geitskörestablished the Icelandic parliament Althing
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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