Geir

From Old Norse Geirr, whence also Geirur.

Geir m

1. a male given name

Patronymics

• son of Geir: Geirsson
• daughter of Geir: Geirsdóttir

From Old Norse Geirr, from geirr (“spear”) (whence also geir).

• IPA^(key): /keiːr/
• Rhymes: -eiːr

  Homophone: geir

Geir m (proper noun, genitive singular Geirs)

1. a male given name

• Names compounded from Geir get the -i ending in the dative, though not the uncompounded name. Compare Gils, Þór and Dór.

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “Geir”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið

Revived in the end of the 19th century; from Old Norse Geirr, from geirr (“spear”). Also a short form of compound names with this element. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic Geir and Swedish Ger.

• IPA^(key): /jɛɪːr/
• (newer, from written form) IPA^(key): /ɡɛɪːr/

Geir m (definite Geiren)

1. a male given name from Old Norse

• geir (“spear”) (see that for given names)

• Eivind Vågslid (1988) “Geir”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN
• Kristoffer Kruken, Ola Stemshaug (1995) Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 22 185 males with the given name Geir living in Norway on January 1st 2023, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 1st April, 2023.