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".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 Ivor is an English masculine given name derived either directly from the Norse ''Ívarr'', or from Welsh (which spells it ''Ifor''), Irish (sometimes ''Ibar''), or Scottish, all of which likely derive it also from the original Norse form.The Oxford ...

, into Gaelic as Ìomhar, and into Latvian as Ivars.

People called Ivar

Pre-Modern

* Ivar the Boneless, Viking king, who some scholars believe to be identical to: * Ímar ** Uí Ímair (House of Ivar), his descendants *** Ragnall ua Ímair ***

Sihtric ua Ímair Sihtric or Sitric is an anglo-Saxon personal name. It is cognate with the Old Norse Sigtrygg. People called Sihtric or Sitric, include: *Sitric Cáech Sitric Cáech or Sihtric Cáech or Sigtrygg Gále, ( non, Sigtryggr , ang, Sihtric, died ...

*** 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 Ímar ( non, Ívarr ; died c. 873), who may be synonymous with Ivar the Boneless, was a Viking leader in Ireland and Scotland in the mid-late ninth century who founded the Uí Ímair dynasty, and whose descendants would go on to dominate the Iri ...

(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, Norwegian lexicographer, creator of Nynorsk *

Ivar Aavatsmark Ivar Aavatsmark (11 December 1864 – 1 July 1947) was a Norwegian officer and politician for the Liberal Party. He finished his military career in 1928, as Major General, head of the 2nd Division and Commander of Akershus Fortress. As a politi ...

, Norwegian officer and politician * Ivar Afzelius, Swedish jurist and politician *

Ivar Aminoff Ivar (Iwar) Aminoff (2 December 1868 — 15 August 1931) was a Finnish lawyer and politician. He was the Minister of Defence for 82 days in the spring of 1924, from 11 March to 31 May 1924. He worked as a lawyer in Turku from 1892 to 1916. He ser ...

, Finnish lawyer and politician * Ivar Antonsen, Norwegian jazz pianist and composer *

Ivar Aronsson Ivar Mauritz Aronsson (24 March 1928 – 6 February 2017) was a Swedish rower who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event ...

, Swedish rower * Ivar Asjes, Curaçaoan politician *

Ivar Frithiof Andresen Ivar Frithiof Andresen (27 July 1896 – 6 November 1940) was a Norwegian opera singer who pursued a successful international career in Europe and the United States. Andresen was the first Norwegian to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in New Yo ...

, Norwegian opera singer * Ivar Arosenius, Swedish painter * Ivar Backlund, Swedish officer * Ivar Bae, Norwegian politician * Ivar Ballangrud, Norwegian speed skater *

Ivar Belck-Olsen Ivar Belck-Olsen (18 January 1932 – 15 February 2018) was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. He was born in Oslo, but the family moved to Knapstad in Hobøl. He became active in the Christian Democratic Party at the age o ...

, Norwegian politician * Ivar Bern, Norwegian chess player * Ivar Bjørnson, Norwegian composer/guitarist ( Enslaved) * Ivar Böhling, Finnish wrestler *

Ivar Otto Bendixson Ivar Otto Bendixson (1 August 1861 – 29 November 1935) was a Swedish mathematician. Biography Bendixson was born on 1 August 1861 at Villa Bergshyddan, Djurgården, Oscar Parish, Stockholm, Sweden, to a middle-class family. His father Vilhel ...

, Swedish mathematician *

Ivar Bentsen Ivar Bentsen (13 November 1876 – 21 May 1943) was a 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 of Archit ...

, Danish architect *

Ivar Bergersen Sælen Ivar Bergersen Sælen (19 November 1855 – 24 November 1923) was a Norwegians, Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party (Norway), Conservative Party who served as Ministry of Education and Research (Norway), Minister of Education and Chur ...

, Norwegian politician * Ivar Bern, Norwegian chess player *

Ivar Bredal Ivar Frederik Bredal (17 June 1800 – 25 March 1864) was a Danish composer and musician. Son of Niels Iversen Bredal who was born in Bergen, but lived as a sign teacher and portrait painter in Copenhagen, Ivar Bredal played viola The viola ...

, Danish composer * Ivar Brogger, American actor * Ivar Campbell, New Zealand screenwriter and film director *

Ivar Colquhoun Sir Ivar Iain Colquhoun, 8th Baronet, JP, DL (4 January 1916 – 31 January 2008) was a British noble. Biography Early life Sir Ivar was the son of Sir Iain Colquhoun, 7th Baronet and his wife Geraldine Bryde (Dinah) Tennant. He was educated ...

, British noble *

Ivar van Dinteren Ivar van Dinteren (born 3 May 1979) is a former Dutch professional association football, footballer. He most recently served as an assistant coach for FC Cincinnati of Major League Soccer. Playing career Club Born in Bussum, Van Dinteren played ...

, Dutch footballer * Ivar Ekeland, French mathematician * Ivar Enger, Norwegian former-guitarist of

Darkthrone Darkthrone is a Norwegian extreme metal band from Kolbotn, Akershus. Formed in 1986 as a death metal band named Black Death, in 1991 Darkthrone embraced a black metal style influenced by Bathory and Celtic Frost and became one of the leadin ...

Ivar Eriksson Ivar Eriksson (25 December 1909 – 12 April 1997) was a Swedish football defender who played for Sweden in the 1938 FIFA World Cup.Ivar Formo Ivar Formo (24 June 1951 – 26 December 2006) was a Norwegian cross-country skier and orienteer who competed during the 1970s. Career He won four medals at the Winter Olympics. Formo also won two bronze medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Champi ...

, Norwegian cross-country skier * Ivar Andreas Forn, Norwegian footballer *

Ivar Geelmuyden Ivar Christian Sommerschild Geelmuyden (8 April 1819 – 21 May 1875) was a Norwegian politician. He was the son of Hans Geelmuyden, and brother of Christian Torber Hegge Geelmuyden.

, Norwegian politician *

Ivar Genesjö Ivar Genesjö (24 January 1931 – 15 July 2020) was a Swedish fencer. He competed in the team épée event at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international mul ...

, Swedish fencer *

Ivar de Graaf Ivar de Graaf (born 20 August 1973) is the founder and drummer of the Dutch progressive metal band Kingfisher Sky, but best known as the former drummer of the popular Dutch metal band Within Temptation. Early career Ivar de Graaf was born in ...

, Dutch drummer (

Kingfisher Sky Kingfisher Sky is a Dutch progressive metal band from Netherlands, created and led by drummer Ivar de Graaf (formerly of Within Temptation). History The history of Kingfisher Sky started in 2001, after drummer Ivar de Graaf left Within Temp ...

) *

Ivar Grünthal Ivar Grünthal (8 April 1924 – 14 February 1996) was an Estonian writer. His parents were lawyers Vera Poska-Grünthal and Timotheus Grünthal. His grandfather was statesman Jaan Poska. From 1932 to 1941 he studied at Hugo Treffner Gymnasium ...

, Estonian poet and politician * Ivar Grydeland, Norwegian jazz musician * Ivar Hallström, Swedish composer * Ivar Hippe, Norwegian consultant and former journalist *

Ivar Ivask Ivar Vidrik Ivask (December 17, 1927 Riga – September 23, 1992 Fountainstown, Ireland) was an Estonian poet and literary scholar. He escaped in 1944 from Estonia to Germany and lived from 1949 onwards in the United States and from 1991 in Irela ...

, Estonian poet and literary scholar * 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 Lieutenant General Carl Axel Fredrik Ivar Holmquist (22February 1879 – 24September 1954) was a Swedish Army officer and sports official. He was president of the International Ski Federation from 1924 to 1934 and Chief of the Army from ...

, 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 Ivar Larsen Kirkeby-Garstad (5 August 1877 – 19 June 1951) was a Norwegian politician for the Agrarian Party. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Nord-Trøndelag in 1921, and was re-elected on five consecutive occasions. He last se ...

, Norwegian politician *

Ivar Kleiven Ivar Kleiven (10 July 1854 – 19 February 1934) was a Norway, Norwegian politician, historian and poet. He is most remembered as a collector of local folklore. Background Ivar Jakobsson Kleven was born in Vågå, Oppland. Kleven grew up on the sm ...

, Norwegian historian and poet * Ivar Kreuger, Swedish businessman *

Ivar Langen Ivar Langen (born December 21, 1942) was the rector at the University of Stavanger from 2003 to 2007. He was a central figure in the campaign to gain university status for Stavanger University College, which was awarded in 2005. Langen has been ...

, 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, 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 The following lists of violinists are available: * List of classical violinists, notable violinists from the baroque era onwards * List of contempo ...

, 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. He competed at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics. He was formerly the head of CONADE as Sports minister under President Ernesto Zedill ...

, Mexican pentathlete *

Ivar Skippervold Ivar Skippervold (born 14 March 1949) is a Norwegian singer and musician. He hails from Oslo, but moved to Lillesand as an adult. He took up music at an early age, and his first self-made music was protest songs. He became Christian out of a "reli ...

, Norwegian singer and musician *

Ivar Skulstad Ivar Arne Skulstad (born 16 May 1953) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Eidskog as a son of an industrial laborer and a shop worker. He spent his career in the Norwegian Army from 1972 to 1973, Magnor Glassverk from 1 ...

, Norwegian politician *

Ivar Stakgold Ivar Stakgold (December 13, 1925 – May 29, 2018) was a Norwegian-born American academic mathematician and bridge player from Newark, Delaware. As the sole author of two books he specialized in boundary value problems (LCSH). Life Stakgold was ...

Norwegian-born American academic (mathematician) * Ivar Tengbom, 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 ...

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

Ivar Michal Ulekleiv Ivar Michal Ulekleiv (born 22 May 1966) is a former Norwegian biathlete. He was born in Dombås, and represented the club Dovre Skiskytterlag. He competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. He won a silver medal in the team event at the ...

, Norwegian biathlete *

Ivar Vennerström Ivar Teodor Vennerström (1881 - 1945) was a Swedish Social Democratic politician, member of the Riksdag 1915 - 1936. Vennerström joined the left opposition of the Swedish Social Democratic Party in the split of 1917, and initially supported the ...

, 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 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian musician ( piano). He has collaborated with several Norwegian artists like Sigmund Groven, Ole Edvard Antonsen, Arve Tellefsen, Truls Mørk, Aage Kvalbein, Solveig Kr ...

, 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 Oscar ''Ivar'' Öhman (19 January 1914 – 25 August 1989) was a Swedish journalist and diplomat. He served as Ambassador of Sweden to Greece from 1976 to 1980. Early life Öhman was born on 19 January 1914 in Timrå, Sweden, the son of Oscar Ö ...

, Swedish journalist and diplomat

Fictional characters

Ivar the Timewalker Ivar Anni-Padda, also known as the Timewalker or the "Forever Walker," is a fictional superhero in the Valiant Comics universe. Created by artist and writer Barry Windsor-Smith, he first appeared in the 1993 flipbook issue Archer and Armstrong #8/ ...

, Valiant Comics universe * Ivar Barfoth, character in the Swedish writer Hjalmar Bergman's novel Markurells of Wadköping ( 1919 ) and Me, Ljung and Medardus ( 1923 )

Businesses called Ivar

* IVAR, an American lifestyle brand of urban commuting and travel backpacks based on a patented design. Based in San Francisco, CA, and founded in 2006 by consumer product entrepreneur and designer Ian Ivarson. *Ivar London, British lifestyle company for the home founded in 2013 by Patrick Dougherty in London whose website is at ivarlondon.com. Sought after for design and products for the home * Ivar's, a restaurant in Seattle opened in 1938 by Ivar Haglund

Products called Ivar

IVAR System
an

IKEA IKEA (; ) is a Dutch multinational conglomerate based in the Netherlands that designs and sells , kitchen appliances, decoration, home accessories, and various other goods and home services. Started in 1943 by Ingvar Kamprad, IKEA has been t ...

range of shelves.
IVAR Edge AI
an intelligent video analytics recorder.

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Pre-Modern

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Products called Ivar

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