Ivar (

Old Norse Old Norse, also referred to as Old Nordic or Old Scandinavian, was 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 ...

''Ívarr'') is a Scandinavian masculine given name. Another variant of the name is Iver, which is more common in

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. The Old Norse name has several possible etymologies. In North Germanic phonology, several of the elements common to

Germanic name Germanic given names are traditionally dithematic; that is, they are formed from two elements ( stems), by joining a prefix and a suffix. For example, King Æþelred's name was derived from ', meaning "noble", and ', meaning "counsel". The i ...

s became homophonous. The first element ''Ívarr'' may contain '' yr'' "yew" and ''-arr'' (from ''hari'', "warrior"), but it may have become partly conflated with

Ingvar Ingvar or Yngvar ( , d. early 7th century) was the son of Östen and reclaimed the Swedish throne for the House of Yngling after the Swedes had rebelled against Sölve. He is reported to have fallen in battle in Ancient Estonia, Estonia and bee ...

, and possibly Joar (element '' jó'' "horse"). The second element ''-arr'' may alternatively also be from ''geir'' "spear" or it may be ''var'' "protector".nordicnames.de
citing Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002), Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005), Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995), Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979). The name was adopted into English as Ivor, into

Gaelic Gaelic (pronounced for Irish Gaelic and for Scots Gaelic) is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". It may refer to: Languages * Gaelic languages or Goidelic languages, a linguistic group that is one of the two branches of the Insul ...

as Ìomhar, into

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Aivar Aivar is an Estonian masculine given name. It is an Estonian equivalent of the Old Scandinavian name Ivar, from '' yr'' "yew" and ''-arr'' "warrior" . An alternative form is the related Estonian name Aivo. People named Aivar include: * Aivar An ...

Aivo Aivo is an Estonian masculine given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from ...

and into Latvian as

Ivars Ivars is a Latvian masculine given name, derived from Scandinavian ''Ivar''. It also occurs as a surname in some cases. Given name *Ivars Godmanis (born 1951), Latvian politician * Ivars Hiršs (1931–1989), Latvian-born American painter * Iva ...

. Notable people and characters with the name include:

Pre-Modern

Ivar the Boneless Ivar the Boneless ( ; died ), also known as Ivar Ragnarsson, was a Viking leader who invaded England and Ireland. According to the '' Tale of Ragnar Lodbrok'', he was the son of Aslaug and her husband Ragnar Loðbrok, and was the brother of ...

, Viking king, who some scholars believe to be identical to: *

Ímar Ímar ( ; died c. 873) was a powerful Viking leader in Ireland and Scotland in the mid-late ninth century. He was the progenitor of the Uí Ímair dynasty, who would go on to dominate the Irish Sea region for several centuries. He was the son o ...

Uí Ímair The Uí Ímair (; meaning ‘''scions of Ivar’''), also known as the Ivar dynasty or Ivarids, was a Norse-Gael dynasty which ruled much of the Irish Sea region, the Kingdom of Dublin, the western coast of Scotland, including the Hebrides and ...

(House of Ivar), his descendants ***

Ragnall ua Ímair Ragnall ua Ímair ( , died 921) or Rægnald was a Viking leader who ruled Northumbria and the Isle of Man in the early 10th century. He was a grandson of Ímar and a member of the Uí Ímair. Ragnall was most probably among those Vikings expelle ...

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Sihtric ua Ímair Sihtric or Sitric is an Anglo-Saxon personal name that is cognate with the Old Norse Sigtrygg. People called Sihtric or Sitric, include: * Sitric Cáech (died 927), ruler of Dublin and then Viking Northumbria in the early 10th century * Sitric II ...

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Gofraid ua Ímair Gofraid ua Ímair or Guthfrith of Ivar ( , , fl. from AD 918 until death in 934) was a Hiberno-Scandinavian (people of Gaelic and Scandinavian birth and culture) and Viking leader who ruled Dublin and briefly Viking Northumbria in the early 10t ...

Ivar Vidfamne Ivar Vidfamne (or ''Ívarr inn víðfaðmi''; English exonym ''Ivar Widefathom''; Danish ''Ivar Vidfadme'' – in Norwegian and Danish the form ''Ivar Vidfavne'' is sometimes used as an alternative form) was a semi-legendary king of Denmark, wh ...

, legendary Danish king of at least Scania and Zealand *

Ivar of Waterford Ivar of Waterford (; ; died 1000) was the Norse king of Waterford from at least 969 until his death in the year 1000, and also reigned as King of Dublin, possibly from 989 to 993, and certainly again for less than a year between 994 and 995, r ...

, Norse king of Waterford and briefly King of Dublin *

Ivar of Limerick Ivar of Limerick (; ; died 977), was the last Norse king of the city-state of Limerick, and penultimate ''King of the Foreigners of Munster'', reigning during the rise to power of the Dál gCais and the fall of the Eóganachta. His repeated at ...

, last Norse king of Limerick *

Ímar Ua Ruaidín Ímar Ua Ruaidín (died 1176) was Bishop of Kilmacduagh. Ua Ruaidín (Ó Ruaidín, Rooane, Ruane, Rowan) was of one of two apparently unrelated families, based in what would become County Mayo and County Galway County Galway ( ; ) is a C ...

, medieval Irish bishop *

Ímar Ua Donnabáin Ímar ( ; died c. 873) was a powerful Viking leader in Ireland and Scotland in the mid-late ninth century. He was the progenitor of the Uí Ímair dynasty, who would go on to dominate the Irish Sea region for several centuries. He was the son o ...

(Ivor O'Donovan), legendary Irish navigator and sorcerer *

Ímar mac Arailt Ímar mac Arailt (died 1054) was an eleventh-century ruler of the Kingdom of Dublin and perhaps the Kingdom of the Isles. He was the son of a man named Aralt, and appears to have been a grandson of Amlaíb Cuarán, King of Northumbria and Dublin ...

, King of Dublin

Modern

*Ivar, ring name of American professional wrestler

Todd Smith Todd Smith may refer to: People * Todd Smith (musician), American singer, songwriter and guitarist * Todd Smith (politician), Canadian politician *Todd Smith, American vocalist and member of Selah * Todd Smith (wrestler), American wrestler * Todd ...

Ivar Aasen Ivar Andreas Aasen (; 5 August 1813 – 23 September 1896) was a Norwegian philologist, lexicographer, playwright, and poet. He is best known for having assembled one of the two official written versions of the Norwegian language, Nynorsk, from ...

, Norwegian lexicographer, creator of

Nynorsk Nynorsk (; ) is one of the two official written standards of the Norwegian language, the other being Bokmål. From 12 May 1885, it became the state-sanctioned version of Ivar Aasen's standard Norwegian language (''Landsmål''), parallel to the Da ...

* Ivar Aavatsmark, Norwegian officer and politician * Ivar Afzelius, Swedish jurist and politician * Ivar Aminoff, Finnish lawyer and politician * Ivar Antonsen, Norwegian jazz pianist and composer * Ivar Aronsson, Swedish rower * Ivar Asjes, Curaçaoan politician * Ivar Frithiof Andresen, Norwegian opera singer * Ivar Arosenius, Swedish painter *

Ivar Backlund Lieutenant General Gustav ''Ivar'' Backlund (14 February 1892 – 5 July 1969) was a senior Swedish Army officer. Backlund began his military career in 1912, rising to the rank of captain by 1924. He held various roles, including adjutant to the ...

, Swedish officer * Ivar Bae, Norwegian politician *

Ivar Ballangrud Ivar Eugen Ballangrud (né ''Eriksen'', 7 March 1904 – 1 June 1969) was a Norwegian speed skater, a four-time Olympic champion in speed skating. As the only triple gold medalist at the 1936 Winter Olympics, Ballangrud was the most successful a ...

, Norwegian speed skater * Ivar Belck-Olsen, Norwegian politician *

Ivar Bern Ivar Bern (born 20 January 1967) is a Norwegian chess player, most famous for being the seventeenth World Correspondence Chess Champion, 2002–2007. In chess he received the FIDE title of International Master (IM) in 1990. In correspondence ch ...

, Norwegian chess player *

Ivar Bjørnson Ivar Skontorp Peersen, best known by his stage name Ivar Bjørnson (born 27 November 1977), is a Norwegian musician and composer. He is a founding member and the main songwriter of the extreme metal band Enslaved, and has previously been a memb ...

, Norwegian composer/guitarist ( Enslaved) * Ivar Böhling, Finnish wrestler * Ivar Otto Bendixson, Swedish mathematician *

Ivar Bentsen Ivar Bentsen (13 November 1876 – 21 May 1943) was a Denmark, Danish architect and educator. He was a central figure in the Bedre-Byggeskik movement and succeeded Carl Petersen as a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts's School ...

, Danish architect * Ivar Bergersen Sælen, Norwegian politician *

, Norwegian chess player * Ivar Bredal, Danish composer * Ivar Brogger, American actor *

Ivar Campbell Donald Robert Ivar Campbell (8 September 1904 – 19 May 1985) was a New Zealand-British screenwriter and film director. Personal life Campbell was born in New Zealand in 1904 to Lt-Col Robert Ormus Campbell and Beatrice (née Cadell). . He m ...

, New Zealand screenwriter and film director * Ivar Colquhoun, British noble * Ivar van Dinteren, Dutch footballer * Ivar Ekeland, French mathematician * Ivar Enger, Norwegian former-guitarist of

Darkthrone Darkthrone is a Norwegian black metal band hailing from Kolbotn, Akershus. Formed in 1986 as a death metal band named Black Death, in 1991, Darkthrone transitioned to a black metal style influenced by Bathory (band), Bathory and Celtic Frost and ...

* Ivar Eriksson, Swedish footballer * Ivar Formo, Norwegian cross-country skier *

Ivar Andreas Forn Ivar Andreas Forn (born 24 June 1983) is a retired Norwegian football goalkeeper. Personal and Professional life UiT- The Arctic University of Norway Master i rettsvitenskap, Jus (2012 - 2019) Grad: Cand.jur. Handelshøgskolen i Bod� ...

, Norwegian footballer * Ivar Geelmuyden, Norwegian politician * Ivar Genesjö, Swedish fencer * Ivar de Graaf, Dutch drummer ( Kingfisher Sky) * Ivar Grünthal, Estonian poet and politician *

Ivar Grydeland Ivar Grydeland (born 1 October 1976) is a Norwegian jazz musician (guitar) and composer raised in Kongsberg. Career Grydeland was born in Trondheim, Norway, and studied jazz guitar at the Norwegian Academy of Music (1996–2000, and 2001–2 ...

, Norwegian jazz musician * Ivar Hallström, Swedish composer *

Ivar Hippe Ivar Hippe (born 19 March 1953) is a Norwegian author, political consultant, former journalist and presenter. He received national media attention in 1982 when he was expelled from Argentina by the government. On his return to Norway he began work ...

, Norwegian consultant and former journalist *

Ivar Hörhammer Ivar Gabriel Hörhammer (11 February 1884 – 3 February 1953) was a Finnish art dealer, journalist and politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland 1909–1911 for the Social Democratic Party of Finland, Social Democratic Party. Afte ...

, Finnish politician, journalist and art dealer * Ivar Ivask, Estonian poet and literary scholar * Ivar Jenner, Indonesian footballer * Ivar Johansen, Norwegian bobsledder * Ivar Johansen, Norwegian journalist *

Ravi (Ivar Johansen) Ivar Christian Johansen (born 28 April 1976 in Tønsberg, Norway) is a Norwegian popular artist, musician (vocals, keyboards and trumpet), composer, journalist and program manager (NRK and TV2 Norway), known under the pseudonym Ravi (his first n ...

, Norwegian singer * Ivar Johansson, Swedish wrestler * Ivar Johansson, Swedish politician *

Ivar Asbjørn Følling Ivar Asbjørn Følling (23 August 1888 – 24 January 1973) was a Norwegian physician and biochemist. He first described the disease commonly known as Følling's disease or phenylketonuria (PKU). Early life and education He was born on 23 August ...

, Norwegian physician *

Ivar Gewert Lieutenant General Gustav Ivar Vilhelm Gewert (4 August 1891 – 25 February 1971) was a Swedish Army officer. His senior commands include Inspector of the Swedish Army Service Troops, Quartermaster-General of the Swedish Army and head of the S ...

, Swedish Army officer *

Ivar Giaever Ivar Giaever (, ; born April 5, 1929) is a Norwegian-American solid-state and biophysicist who shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physics with Leo Esaki and Brian Josephson. One half of the prize was awarded jointly to Esaki and Giaever "for the ...

, Norwegian physicist *

Ivars Godmanis Ivars Godmanis (born 27 November 1951) is a Latvian politician who served as the prime minister of Latvia from 1990 to 1993 and again from 2007 to 2009. He was the first prime minister of Latvia after the country restored its independence from t ...

, prime minister of Latvia 1990–1993, 2007–2009 * Ivar Haglund, Seattle folk singer and founder of Ivar's *

, Norwegian consultant and former journalist * Ivar Holmquist, Swedish Army officer and sports official *

Ívar Ingimarsson Ívar Ingimarsson (born 20 August 1977) is an Icelandic former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He began his career in Iceland with Valur and ÍBV before moving to England where, after an initial loan spell with Torquay Un ...

, Icelandic footballer *

Ivar Jacobson Ivar Hjalmar Jacobson (; born September 2, 1939) is a Swedish computer scientist and software engineer, known as a major contributor to UML, Objectory, Rational Unified Process (RUP), aspect-oriented software development, and Essence. Biog ...

, Swedish computer scientist * Ivar Kallion, Estonian Communist politician *

Ivar Kants Ivar Kants (born 19 July 1949), commonly credited as Ivor Kants or Ivar Kanz, is an Australian actor of Latvian descent who has played numerous roles in film, television and theatre. Early life Ivar Kants was born on July 19, 1949, in Adela ...

, Australian actor * Ivar Larsen Kirkeby-Garstad, Norwegian politician * Ivar Kleiven, Norwegian historian and poet *

Ivar Kreuger Ivar Kreuger (; 2 March 1880 – 12 March 1932) was a Swedish civil engineer, financier, entrepreneur and industrialist. In 1908, he co-founded the construction company Kreuger & Toll Byggnads AB, which specialized in new building techniques. B ...

, Swedish businessman * Ivar Langen, Norwegian rector *

Ivar Lassy Ivar Fredrik Lassy (18 November 1889 – 4 June 1938) was a Finnish writer and anthropologist who was active in the Socialist and Communist parties. Lassy moved to the Soviet Union in 1923 and was killed during the Great Purge. Lassy was first a ...

, Finnish writer, anthropologist and communist *

Ivar Lo-Johansson Ivar Lo-Johansson (23 February 1901 – 11 April 1990) was a Swedish writer of the Proletarian literature, proletarian school. His autobiographical 1978 memoir, ''Pubertet'' (''Puberty''), won the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1979. Biogr ...

, Swedish writer * Ivar Lykke (politician), Norwegian politician and prime minister from 1926 to 1928 *

Ivar Medaas Ivar Medaas (April 9, 1938 – January 7, 2005) was a Norwegian folksinger and fiddle player. He is best known for his 1963 song ''Dar Kjem Dampen'' written by . References 1938 births 2005 deaths Norwegian violinists Norwegian male v ...

, Norwegian folksinger and fiddle player *

Lord Ivar Mountbatten Lord Ivar Alexander Michael Mountbatten, DL (born 9 March 1963) is a British aristocrat, farmer, geologist, reality TV personality and businessman. He is a former director of SCL Group, the parent company of Cambridge Analytica. He is the firs ...

, English lord *

Ivar Nordkild Ivar Olaus Nordkild (born 14 May 1941) is a former Norwegian biathlete. He competed for Norway and won a gold medal in the 1965 Biathlon World Championships in Elverum in the team competition. He won a second gold medal in the men's relay in the ...

, Norwegian biathlete *

Ivar Rooth Ivar Rooth (2 November 1888 – 27 February 1972) was a Swedish lawyer and economist who served as the governor of the Swedish National Bank from 1929 to 1948 and the second managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 195 ...

, Swedish banker *

Ivar Sisniega Ivar Sisniega Campbell (born 29 May 1958) is a Mexican modern pentathlete, politician, and businessman who is the executive president of the Mexican Football Federation. Born in the United States and raised in Mexico to a Mexican father and an ...

, Mexican pentathlete * Ivar Skippervold, Norwegian singer and musician * Ivar Skulstad, Norwegian politician * Ivar Stakgold Norwegian-born American academic (mathematician) *

Ivar Tengbom Ivar Justus Tengbom (April 7, 1878 – August 6, 1968) was a Sweden, Swedish architect and one of the best-known representatives of the Swedish neo-classical architecture of the 1910s and 1920s. Tengbom was born in Vireda in Jönköping Coun ...

, Swedish architect *

Ivar Peterson Tveiten Ivar Petterson Tveiten (18 December 1850 – 17 April 1934) was a Norwegian teacher and elected official of the Liberal Party who served as President of the Norwegian Parliament from 1916 to 1921. He also served as Minister of Education and Ch ...

, Norwegian politician * Ivar Smilga, Bolshevik revolutionary leader * Ivar Tallo (born 1964), Estonian political scientist and politician *

Ivar Karl Ugi Ivar Karl Ugi (9 September 1930 in Saaremaa, Estonia – 29 September 2005 in Munich) was an Estonian-born German chemist who made major contributions to organic chemistry. He is known for the research on multicomponent reactions, yielding the ...

, Estonian chemist * Ivar Michal Ulekleiv, Norwegian biathlete * Ivar Vennerström, Swedish politician *

Ivar Vičs Juris Tjerk Emiles Ivars Vičs, "DR. RAT" (21 May 1960 — 29 June 1981) was a graffiti artist from Amsterdam, Netherlands. Since his early years as a graffiti writer in the 1970s Ivar was tagging the name "DR. RAT" pioneering the movement in the ...

, Dutch graffiti artist *

Ivar Anton Waagaard Ivar Anton Waagaard (born 3 September 1955) is a Norwegian pianist. He has collaborated with several Norwegian artists like Sigmund Groven, Ole Edvard Antonsen, Arve Tellefsen, Truls Mørk, Aage Kvalbein, Solveig Kringlebotn, Randi Stene, Aag ...

, Norwegian musician (pianist) *

Ivar Wickman Otto Ivar Wickman (10 July 1872 in Lund – 20 April 1914 in Saltsjöbaden) was a Swedish physician, who discovered in 1907 the epidemic and contagious character of poliomyelitis. Life and achievements Education and academic career Son of ...

, Swedish physician * Ivar Öhman, Swedish journalist and diplomat

Fictional characters

* Ivar the Timewalker, in the Valiant Comics universe

References

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