Ivar
Ivar (
Old Norse ''Ívarr'') is a Scandinavian masculine given name. Another variant of the name is
Iver, which is more common in
Norway.
The Old Norse name has several possible etymologies. In North Germanic phonology, several of the elements common to
Germanic names became homophonous. The first element ''Ívarr'' may contain ''
yr'' "yew" and ''-arr'' (from ''hari'', "warrior"),
but it may have become partly conflated with
Ingvar, and possibly
Joar (element ''
jó'' "horse"). The second element ''-arr'' may alternatively also be from ''geir'' "spear" or it may be ''var'' "protector".
The name was adopted into
English as
Ivor, into
Gaelic as Ìomhar, into
Estonian as
Aivar or
Aivo and into
Latvian as
Ivars.
Notable people and characters with the name include:
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