Given name · also Old English
Játvarður
Játvarður is a masculine given name from Old English, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Icelandic.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Játvarður comes from Old English, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old English Ēadweard, from Proto-West Germanic *Audawardu, from Proto-Germanic *Audawarduz, built from Old English ēad + weard.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Játvarður’s family of names
In Icelandic usage, Játvarður shares an earlier linguistic root with Auðvarður. In Icelandic usage, Játvarður has a related form in Eðvarð. In Icelandic usage, Játvarður shares an earlier linguistic root with Eðvarð.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Játvarður has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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