Given name
Yngvar
“a soldier in Ing's army”·“a soldier of Ing's army”
Yngvar is a form of Ingvar. One Scandinavian interpretation is “a soldier of Ing's army.”
Original Old NorseYngvarr
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Norse use, Yngvar carries the interpretation “a soldier in Ing's army.” Yngvar is a form of Ingvar. One Scandinavian interpretation is “a soldier of Ing's army.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
Yngvar is a form of Ingvar. An origin associated with Ingvar is Old Norse.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Scandinavian use, Yngvar is used as a variant of Ingvar.
Yngvar’s family of names
In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Yngvar has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Igor. In Norwegian usage, Yngvar has a conventional equivalent in the English form Ivor. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Yngvar has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form HIGOR.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Yngvar
- Yngvar BrynNorwegian pair skater, athlete (1881-1947)
- Yngvar NielsenNorwegian historian and geographer (1843–1916)
- Yngvar NummeNorwegian actor (1944–2023)
- Yngvar FredriksenNorwegian artistic gymnast1887–1957
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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