Yngvarr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • Ingvarr

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Norse *Inguharjaz. The first part (*Ingu-, Yngv-) is from Proto-Germanic *Ingwaz. The second part (*harjaR, -arr) stems from Proto-Germanic *harjaz (“warrior”).

Proper noun

Yngvarr m

  1. a male given name

Descendants

  • Icelandic: Ingvar, Yngvar
  • Faroese: Ingvar, Yngvar
  • Norwegian: Ingvar, Yngvar
  • Old Swedish: Inguar, Ingvar
  • → Old East Slavic: Игорь (Igorĭ) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Pannonian Rusyn: Иґор (Igor)

Further reading

Ingvar; in: Eivind Vågslid, Norderlendske fyrenamn, 1988, →ISBN

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