Kåre

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kare"

Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse Kári, originally a byname from kárr (“curly-haired”). (Possibly akin to English Cory.)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Kåre

  1. a male given name

References

  • Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
  • [1] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 11 076 males with the given name Kåre living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.
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