Given name & surname

Sindre

Sindre is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk.

Original Old NorseSindri

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Sindre comes from Old Norse.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Sindre developed from SINDRI.

Sindre’s family of names

In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Sindre developed from the Old Norse form SINDRI.

Walk Sindre’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Sindre, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old Norse

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Sygurd

Sygurd is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Polish.

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Sigbjörn

Sigbjörn is a masculine given name. It is used in Icelandic.

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Germanic

Sigmar

Sigmar is a masculine given name from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Faroese and Icelandic.

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>99% boys

Old Norse

Sugrue

“descendant of Siochfhrádh”

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Germanic

Sigurður

Sigurður is a masculine given name from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Icelandic.

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>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Sindre’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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