Eivor, Eivør or Øyvor is a female given name in the Nordic countries. In Sweden, 4,922 people bear the name. The average age is 78. The name perhaps originated from either the

Proto-Norse Proto-Norse (also called Ancient Nordic, Ancient Scandinavian, Ancient Norse, Primitive Norse, Proto-Nordic, Proto-Scandinavian and Proto-North Germanic) was an Indo-European language spoken in Scandinavia that is thought to have evolved as a ...

word ''auja'', which is thought to mean "good luck", or from

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...

''ey-'' or ''øy-'', meaning "island", and secondly from ''-varr'', meaning "careful", or perhaps from the

word ''*warjaʀ'', meaning "defender". The Old Norse form of the name was ''Eyvǫr'' or ''Øyvǫr''.

Notable people

Faroese

* Eivør Pálsdóttir (born 1983), known professionally as Eivør, Faroese singer-songwriter

Norwegians

* Øyvor Hansson (1893–1975), Norwegian politician

Swedes

* Eivor Alm * Eivor Landström * Eivor Olson *

Eivor Steen-Olsson Eivor Steen-Olsson (born 1937) is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She is two times Relay World Champion as a member of the Swedish winning team in 1966 and 1970.

In popular culture

*Eivor Varinsdottir, the protagonist of the 2020 video game '' Assassin's Creed: Valhalla''.

References

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