Given name
Steinar
“a rock-hard warrior”
Steinar is used as a given name. One interpretation is “a rock-hard warrior.”
Original Old NorseSteinarr
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “a rock-hard warrior.”
Where it comes from
Steinar comes from Old Norse, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Norse Steinarr, from Proto-Norse ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᚹᚨᚱᛁᛃᚨᛉ, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (“stone”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Steinar’s family of names
In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Steinar shares a linguistic root with the Danish form STENER. Steinar has a related form in Steinard. In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Steinar continues an earlier form in STEINARR.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Steinar has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Old Norse roots to each of them.
Old Norsewhere Steinar comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Steinar
- Steinar AmundsenCanoe racer (1945–2022)
- Steinar HoenNorwegian high jumperborn 1971
- Steinar NilsenNorwegian footballer and managerborn 1972
- Steinar EgeNorwegian handball playerborn 1972
- Steinar PedersenNorwegian footballerborn 1975
- Steinar BråtenNorwegian ski jumper and coachborn 1962
- Steinar BastesenNorwegian politician (1945–2024)
- Steinar SchjøttNorwegian educator, philologist, editor, translator, textbook author, and lexicographer1844–1920
- Steinar LemNorwegian environmentalist and author (1951–2009)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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