Given name & surname
Kåre
“curly-haired”
Kåre is used as a given name and a surname. One Old Norse interpretation is “curly-haired.”
Original Old NorseKári
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Old Norse interpretation is “curly-haired.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Old Norse.
Kåre’s family of names
In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Kåre shares a linguistic root with the Faroese form Kári. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Kåre has a related form in KAARE. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Kåre has a related form in KAARE.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Kåre has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Old Norse roots to each of them.
Old Norsewhere Kåre comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
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 Kåre
- Kåre Willoch30th Prime Minister of Norway1928–2021
- Kåre HoltNorwegian writer (1916–1997)
- Kåre IngebrigtsenNorwegian footballer and managerborn 1965
- Kaare Walbergformer Norwegian ski jumper, Olympic medalist (1912–1988)
- Kåre Bremerbotanistborn 1948
- Kåre BluitgenDanish writer and journalistborn 1959
- Kåre KristiansenNorwegian politician (1920-2005)
- Kåre HovdaNorwegian biathlete1944–1999
- Kåre ConradiNorwegian actorborn 1972
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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