Ivar (

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is 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 of Scandinavia and t ...

''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 country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. 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, by joining a prefix and a suffix. For example, King Æþelred's name was derived from ', for "noble", and ', for "counsel". However, there are also ...

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 Yngvar Harra (or Ingvar; Proto-Norse ''*Ingu-Hariz''; non, Yngvarr ; 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 Sölvi. He is reported to have f ...

, 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 Ivar the Boneless ( non, Ívarr hinn Beinlausi ; died c. 873), 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 Ragnar Loðbrok and his wife As ...

, Viking king, who some scholars believe to be identical to: *

Ímar 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 ...

Uí Ímair The Uí Ímair (; meaning ‘''scions of Ivar’''), also known as the Ivar Dynasty or Ivarids was a royal Norse-Gael dynasty which ruled much of the Irish Sea region, the Kingdom of Dublin, the western coast of Scotland, including the Hebrides ...

(House of Ivar), his descendants *** Ragnall ua Ímair *** Sihtric ua Ímair *** Gofraid ua Ímair * Ivar Vidfamne, legendary Danish king of at least

Scania Scania, also known by its native name of Skåne (, ), is the southernmost of the historical provinces (''landskap'') of Sweden. Located in the south tip of the geographical region of Götaland, the province is roughly conterminous with Skå ...

and

Zealand Zealand ( da, Sjælland ) at 7,031 km2 is the largest and most populous island in Denmark proper (thus excluding Greenland and Disko Island, which are larger in size). Zealand had a population of 2,319,705 on 1 January 2020. It is th ...

* Ivar of Waterford, Norse king of

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and briefly

King of Dublin Vikings invaded the territory around Dublin in the 9th century, establishing the Norse Kingdom of Dublin, the earliest and longest-lasting Norse kingdom in Ireland. Its territory corresponded to most of present-day County Dublin. The Norse refer ...

Ivar of Limerick Ivar of Limerick ( ga, Ímar Luimnich, rí Gall; Ímar ua Ímair; Ímar Ua hÍmair, Ard Rí Gall Muman ocus Gáedel; Íomhar Mór; non, Ívarr ; died 977), was the last Norse king of the city-state of Limerick, and penultimate ''King of the For ...

, last Norse king of

Limerick Limerick ( ; ga, Luimneach ) is a western city in Ireland situated within County Limerick. It is in the province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region. With a population of 94,192 at the 2016 ...

* 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 Todd Smith may refer to: People * Todd Smith (musician), American singer, songwriter and guitarist * Todd Smith (politician), Canadian politician * Todd Smith (singer), American vocalist and member of Selah * Todd Smith (wrestler), American wrestle ...

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 v ...

, Norwegian lexicographer, creator of

Nynorsk Nynorsk () () is one of the two 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 ( no, Landsmål) parallel to the Dano- ...

* Ivar Aavatsmark, 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 Ivar Antonsen (born April 16, 1946, in Fauske, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz pianist and composer and had his debut at the Oslo jazz scene in 1967 together with Jan Garbarek, Palle Mikkelborg, Arild Andersen, and Espen Rud. Career Antonsen sta ...

, 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, Norwegian opera singer *

Ivar Arosenius Ivar Axel Henrik Arosenius (8 October 1878, Gothenburg - 2 January 1909, Älvängen) was a Swedish painter and picture book illustrator. Biography His father Henrik (1841-1901) was a railway engineer and Captain of the Road and Water Engineerin ...

, Swedish painter *

Ivar Backlund Lieutenant General Gustav ''Ivar'' Backlund (14 February 1892 – 5 July 1969) was a Swedish Army officer. His senior commands include Commandant in Boden Fortress, Chief of the Army Staff and the General Staff Corps. Backlund was also militar ...

, Swedish officer * Ivar Bae, Norwegian politician *

Ivar Ballangrud Ivar Eugen Ballangrud (né ''Eriksen'', 7 March 1904 – 1 June 1969) was a Norwegian speed skater, a four-time Olympic champion in speed skating. As the only triple gold medalist at the 1936 Winter Olympics, Ballangrud was the most successful ...

, 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 Ivar Skontorp Peersen, best known by his stage name Ivar Bjørnson (born 27 November 1977 in Etne), is a Norwegian composer/guitarist for the progressive black/ viking metal band Enslaved. Biography Bjørnson is, along with Grutle Kjellson, ...

, 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 Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party who served as Minister of Education and Church Affairs from March 1923 until his death in November the same year. Biography S� ...

, 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, 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 leading ba ...

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, 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 Ivar Hippe (born 19 March 1953) is a Norwegian author, political consultant, former journalist and presenter. He received national media attention in 1982 when he was expelled from Argentina by the government. On his return to Norway he began wor ...

, 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) Ivar Christian Johansen (born 28 April 1976 in Tønsberg, Norway) is a Norwegian popular artist, musician (vocals, keyboards and trumpet), composer, journalist and program manager ( NRK and TV2 Norway), known under the pseudonym Ravi (his fir ...

, 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 Ivars Godmanis (born 27 November 1951) is a Latvian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Latvia from 1990 to 1993 and again from 2007 to 2009. He was the first Prime Minister of Latvia after the country restored its independence from t ...

, prime minister of Latvia 1990-1993, 2007–2009 * Ivar Haglund, Seattle folk singer and founder of Ivar's *

, 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 Ivar Hjalmar Jacobson (born 1939) is a Swedish computer scientist and software engineer, known as major contributor to UML, Objectory, Rational Unified Process (RUP), aspect-oriented software development and Essence. Biography Ivar Jacobso ...

, 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 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 small farm ...

, 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. ...

, 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, 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 Ze ...

, 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, 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 Ivar Justus Tengbom (April 7, 1878 – August 6, 1968) was a Swedish architect and one of the best-known representatives of the Swedish neo-classical architecture of the 1910s and 1920s. Tengbom was born in Vireda in Jönköping County, s ...

, 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, 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 Valiant Comics is an American comic books, comic book publisher. The company was founded in 1989 by former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Jim Shooter along with lawyer and businessman Steven Massarsky. In 1994, the company was sold to Acclaim E ...

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 Seattle ( ) is a port, seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the county seat, seat of King County, Washington, King County, Washington (state), Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in bo ...

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 ...

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

References

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