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 as Ìomhar, into Estonian as Aivar or Aivo and into Latvian as Ivars. 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 ...

*** Sihtric ua Ímair *** Gofraid ua Ímair * Ivar Vidfamne, legendary Danish king of at least Scania and Zealand * Ivar of Waterford, Norse king of Waterford and briefly King of Dublin * Ivar of Limerick, last Norse king of Limerick * Ímar Ua Ruaidín, medieval Irish bishop * Ímar Ua Donnabáin (Ivor O'Donovan), legendary Irish navigator and sorcerer * Ímar mac Arailt, King of Dublin

Modern

*Ivar, ring name of American professional wrestler Todd Smith *

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, Swedish officer * Ivar Bae, Norwegian politician * Ivar Ballangrud, Norwegian speed skater * Ivar Belck-Olsen, Norwegian politician * Ivar Bern, Norwegian chess player * Ivar Bjørnson, Norwegian composer/guitarist ( Enslaved) * Ivar Böhling, Finnish wrestler * Ivar Otto Bendixson, Swedish mathematician * Ivar Bentsen, Danish architect * Ivar Bergersen Sælen, Norwegian politician * Ivar Bern, Norwegian chess player * Ivar Bredal, Danish composer * Ivar Brogger, American actor * Ivar Campbell, 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, 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, Norwegian jazz musician * Ivar Hallström, Swedish composer * Ivar Hippe, Norwegian consultant and former journalist * Ivar Hörhammer, 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), Norwegian singer * Ivar Johansson, Swedish wrestler * Ivar Johansson, Swedish politician * Ivar Asbjørn Følling, 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, Norwegian physicist * Ivars Godmanis, prime minister of Latvia 1990–1993, 2007–2009 * Ivar Haglund, Seattle folk singer and founder of Ivar's * Ivar Hippe, Norwegian consultant and former journalist * Ivar Holmquist, Swedish Army officer and sports official * Ívar Ingimarsson, 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, 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, Finnish writer, anthropologist and communist * Ivar Lo-Johansson, Swedish writer * Ivar Lykke (politician), Norwegian politician and prime minister from 1926 to 1928 * Ivar Medaas, Norwegian folksinger and fiddle player * Lord Ivar Mountbatten, English lord * Ivar Nordkild, Norwegian biathlete * Ivar Rooth, 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, Swedish architect * Ivar Peterson Tveiten, 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, Dutch graffiti artist * Ivar Anton Waagaard, Norwegian musician (pianist) * Ivar Wickman, Swedish physician * Ivar Öhman, Swedish journalist and diplomat

Fictional characters

* Ivar the Timewalker, in the Valiant Comics universe

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Pre-Modern

Modern

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