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Male Name
Usage
Old Swedish
Norwegian
Swedish
Finnish
Danish
Icelandic
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Origin and Meaning
Younger form of Ívarr [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Related Names
See Ívarr
Male
Ivarinpoika
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Ivarsen
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Ivarson
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Ivarssen
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Ivarsson
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Ivarssøn
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Ivarsøn
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Female
Ivardatter
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Ivardotter
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Ivarintytär
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Ivarsdatter
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Ivarsdotter
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Ivarsdóttir
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Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Ivar
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Genitive: |
Ivars
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- Finnish |
Nominative: |
Ivar
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Genitive: |
Ivarin
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Partitive: |
Ivaria
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- Icelandic |
Nominative: |
Ivar
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Accusative: |
Ivar
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Dative: |
Ivari
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Genitive: |
Ivars
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- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Ivar
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Genitive: |
Ivars
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- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Ivar
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Genitive: |
Ivars
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Name Days
Norway
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31 January
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Finland (Swedish Language)
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22 August
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Sweden
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31 January
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Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Namesakes
Trivia
- Ivar was a heavy storm in Norway and Sweden in December 2013.
- Ivar is an IKEA product name (shelf/chair) [10]
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
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| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
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Sweden[11] |
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4088 |
20199 |
5 |
6 |
4083 |
20193 |
Finland[12] |
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n.a. |
3266 |
0 |
0 |
n.a. |
3266 |
Denmark[13] |
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461 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
461 |
n.a. |
Greenland[14] |
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0 |
12 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Iceland[15] |
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2 |
4 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[16] |
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8343 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
8343 |
n.a. |
#: count of main first name only |
&: count of both main and additional first names |
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |
Recent Statistics Trend
Sources: [11][13][16][12]
Top List Ranking
Sources: [17]
Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend
Swedish Regional Distribution
Regional distribution of Ivar (m) in Sweden in the year 1880.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Marianne Blomqvist: Vad heter finlandssvenskarna? (2006)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
- ↑ IKEA 2016, http://www.ikea.com/
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables