Ivar

Ivar (Old Norse Ívarr) is a Scandinavian masculine given name. Another variant of the name is Iver, which is more common in Norway. The Old Norse name has several possible etymologies. In North Germanic phonology, several of the elements common to Germanic names became homophonous. The first element Ívarr may contain yr "yew" and -arr (from hari, "warrior"), but it may have become partly conflated with Ingvar, and possibly Joar (element jó "horse"). The second element -arr may alternatively also be from geir "spear" or it may be var "protector".^[1] The name was adopted into English as Ivor, into Gaelic as Ìomhar, into Estonian as Aivar or Aivo and into Latvian as Ivars.

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Notable people and characters with the name include:

Ivar, ring name of American professional wrestler Todd Smith
Ivar Aasen, Norwegian lexicographer, creator of Nynorsk
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
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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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

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