Given name & surname

Var

Var is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Scandinavian.

Var’s family of names

Var has a related form in Varr. Var has a related form in Varre.

Walk Var’s family in the name graph

VarVárVarrVarre

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

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

Scandinavian

Ingvar

“a soldier of Ing's army”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Old Norse · Norse

Gunnar

“a bold warrior”

57FamiliarEasing

>99% boys

Scandinavian

Einar

“a leading warrior”

31RareRising fast

>99% boys

Scandinavian

Haas

“a good man”

No U.S. birth series

75% boys · 25% girls

Scandinavian

Dyre

“one who is dear to the heart” · “a dear and precious man”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Scandinavian

Borg

“from the castle”

No U.S. birth series

57% boys · 43% girls

Scandinavian

Sture

“a difficult man”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Scandinavian

Njord

“a man from the north”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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

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