Aivars is a

Latvian masculine given name Latvian names, like in most European cultures, consist of two main elements: the given name (''vārds'') followed by family name (''uzvārds''). During the Soviet occupation (1940–1941; 1944–1991) the practice of giving a middle name (''otrais v ...

. It is borne by over 13,000 men in

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

PMLP database and in 2006 was the sixth most popular man's name in the country.Latvijas Institūts website: list of names
/ref> Its nameday is celebrated on 29 January. Its rise to its present popularity began in the late 19th century when it was one of the very many names of Latvian origin either revived or invented during the

Latvian National Awakening The Latvian National Awakening ( lv, latviešu

r latvju R, or r, is the eighteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ar'' (pronounced ), plural ''ars'', or in Irelan ...

tautas atmoda) refers to three distinct but ideologically related Romantic nationalism, National revival movements: * the ''The First Latvian National Awakening, First Awakening'' refers ...

. It is a Latvian equivalent of the Old Scandinavian name

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 c ...

, one of a group of Old Scandinavian names that first occur in

Courland Courland (; lv, Kurzeme; liv, Kurāmō; German and Scandinavian languages: ''Kurland''; la, Curonia/; russian: Курляндия; Estonian: ''Kuramaa''; lt, Kuršas; pl, Kurlandia) is one of the Historical Latvian Lands in western Latvia. ...

between the 6th and 10th centuries, which in the more obviously Scandinavian form Ivars is borne by a further 9,900+ Latvians and in 2006 was the ninth most popular man's name. *

Aivar Aivar is an Estonian masculine given name. People named Aivar include: *Aivar Anniste (born 1980), football player *Aivar Kisel (born 1992), basketball player * Aivar Kokk (born 1960), politician * (born 1965), archeologist *Aivar Kuusmaa (born ...

is the Estonian form of Aivars and Ivars *

Aivaras Aivaras is a Lithuanian masculine given name and may refer to: *Aivaras Abromavičius (born 1976), Lithuanian-born Ukrainian businessman and investment banker *Aivaras Balžekas (1982—2005), Lithuanian tennis player *Aivaras Baranauskas (born 1 ...

is a Lithuanian form of Aivars and Ivars. Aivars can refer to: *

Aivars Aksenoks Aivars Aksenoks (born 24 May 1961) is a Latvian politician. A founder of the right-wing New Era, Aksenoks has a degree in engineering from the Riga Technical University and was the director of State Road and Traffic Safety Agency from 1992–2002 ...

(born 1961), Latvian politician, mayor of Riga *

Aivars Drupass Aivars Drupass (1963–1999) was a Latvian football forward. Playing career At the age of 18 the talented forward who was previously coached by Latvian footballer Gunārs Ulmanis joined FK Daugava Rīga. In his first season for Daugava he pl ...

(1945–1999), Latvian footballer * Aivars Endziņš (born 1940), Latvian lawyer and politician * Aivars Gipslis (1937–2000), Latvian chess grandmaster * Aivars Kalējs (born 1951), Latvian organist, composer and pianist * Aivars Lazdenieks (born 1954), Latvian rower and Olympic competitor * Aivars Leimanis (born 1958), Latvian ballet dancer *

Aivars Lembergs Aivars Lembergs (born September 26, 1953) is a Latvian politician, oligarch, and convicted money launderer who was the mayor of Ventspils from 1988 to 2021, a mandate from which he has been suspended since 2008. In February 2021, Lembergs was fo ...

(born 1953), Latvian politician and businessman In fiction * Aivars Aleksovitch Terekhov, a character in the Honor Harrington universe

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Pilsonības un Migrācijas Lietu Parvalde (Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs): personal name database
* Siliņš, K., 1990: ''Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca''. Rīga: Zinātne. Latvian masculine given names {{Latvia-stub

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