Ivars is a Latvian masculine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

, derived from Scandinavian ''

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 ...

''. It also occurs as a surname in some cases.

Given name

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 ...

(born 1951), Latvian politician *

Ivars Hirss Ivars Hirss (1931–1989) was a Latvian-born American painter. Life and work Hirss was born in Riga, into an extremely wealthy Latvian family. Contrary to his father's wishes that he become a businessman, Hirss pursued a career in art. He even ...

(1931–1989), Latvian-born American painter *

Ivars Kalniņš Ivars Edmunds Kalniņš (born 1 August 1948) is a Latvian film and television actor. He graduated in 1974 from the Jāzeps Vītols Theatre Department of the Latvian Conservatory. He had already started acting however in 1972 at the Artistic Acade ...

(born 1948), Latvian actor *

Ivars Knēts Ivars Knēts, (September 17, 1938, Riga, Latvia – March 1, 2019) was a rector and professor at Riga Technical University Riga Technical University (RTU) ( lv, Rīgas Tehniskā universitāte) is the oldest technical university in the Baltic ...

(born 1938), Latvian materials scientist *

Ivars Peterson Ivars Peterson (born 4 December 1948) is an American mathematics writer. Early life Peterson received a B.Sc. in Physics and Chemistry and a B.Ed. in Education from the University of Toronto. Peterson received an M.A. in Journalism from the U ...

(born 1948), Canadian mathematics writer *

Ivars Timermanis Ivars Timermanis (born February 4, 1982) is a retired Latvian professional basketball player who played the Small forward position. Pro career He was a member of the Latvian national basketball team. He has played in various teams in Latvia and ...

(born 1982), Latvian basketball player

Surname

Ann-Marie Ivars Ann-Marie Ivars is a Swedish-speaking Finnish writer, who focuses on studies of the Swedish dialects in Finland. Urban Colloquial Swedish in Finland Urban Colloquial Swedish in Finland is a sociolinguistically oriented project, financed by the ...

, Swedish Finnish linguist *

Peter Ivars Peter Ivars is a Finnish orienteering competitor. He received a bronze medal in the relay event at the 1989 World Orienteering Championships in Skövde, together with Keijo Parkkinen, Ari Kattainen and Reijo Mattinen. See also * List of oriente ...

, Finnish orienteer