Einar

Ultimately from Old Norse Einarr.

Einar (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. a male given name from Old Norse

• Eino

From Old Norse Einarr.

• IPA^(key): [ˈaiːnaɹ]

Einar m

1. a male given name

Patronymics

• son of Einar: Einarsson
• daughter of Einar: Einarsdóttir

From Old Norse Einarr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeiːnar/
• Rhymes: -eiːnar
• Homophone: einar

Einar m (proper noun, genitive singular Einars)

1. a male given name from Old Norse

From Old Norse Einarr, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”) and *harjaz (“warrior”). Doublet of einherje. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic Einar, Swedish Enar, Danish Ener (Jutlandic Jenner).

• IPA^(key): /²ɛɪːnar/, (regional) /²ɛɪːna/

Einar m (definite Einaren)

1. a male given name from Old Norse

• In regular use since the Viking Age, e.g. used by Einar Tambarskjelve, an 11th century Norwegian jarl.

Patronymics:

• son of Einar: Einarsson
• daughter of Einar: Einarsdotter

• (surname): Einarsen

• Eivind Vågslid (1988) “Einar”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN
• Kristoffer Kruken, Ola Stemshaug (1995) Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 10 259 males with the given name Einar living in Norway on January 1st 2023, with the frequency peak in the 1900s decade. Accessed on 30th March, 2023.

• Ejnar

From Old Norse Einarr.

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Einar c (genitive Einars)

1. a male given name from Old Norse