Given name
Vegard
“one who offers protection”
Vegard is used as a given name. One interpretation is “one who offers protection.”
Original Old NorseVégarðr
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “one who offers protection.”
How it developed
From Old Norse Végarðr, built from Old Norse vé (“home; sanctuary”) + garðr (“enclosure; protection”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Vegard’s family of names
Vegard has a related form in Vagard. Vegard has a related form in Vagarde. In Norwegian usage, Vegard has a related form in VEGAR.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Vegard
- Vegard UlvangNorwegian cross-country skierborn 1963
- Vegard HeggemNorwegian association football playerborn 1975
- IhsahnNorwegian singer, guitarist and composerborn 1975
- Vegard Stake LaengenNorwegian racing cyclistborn 1989
- Vegard ForrenNorwegian association football playerborn 1988
- Vegard OpaasNorwegian former ski jumperborn 1962
- Vegard HøidalenNorwegian beach volleyball playerborn 1971
- Vegard Haukø SklettNorwegian ski jumperborn 1986
- Vegard BreenNorwegian cyclistborn 1990
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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