Eivor, Eivør or Øyvor is a female given name in the

Nordic countries The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or ''Norden''; ) are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe, as well as the Arctic Ocean, Arctic and Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic oceans. It includes the sovereign states of Denm ...

. In Sweden, 4,922 people bear the name. The average age is 78. The name perhaps originated from either the

Proto-Norse Proto-Norse (also called Ancient Nordic; Danish and ; ; ; ) was an Indo-European language spoken in Scandinavia that is thought to have evolved as a northern dialect of Proto-Germanic in the first centuries CE. It is the earliest stage of a c ...

word ''auja'', which is thought to mean "good luck", or from

Old Norse Old Norse, also referred to as Old Nordic or Old Scandinavian, was 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 ...

''ey-'' or ''øy-'', meaning "island", and secondly from ''-varr'', meaning "careful", or perhaps from the

word ''*warjaʀ'', meaning "defender". The Old Norse form of the name was ''Eyvǫr'' or ''Øyvǫr''.

Notable people

Faroese

Eivør Pálsdóttir Eivor, Eivør or Øyvor is a female given name in the Nordic countries. In Sweden, 4,922 people bear the name. The average age is 78. The name perhaps originated from either the Proto-Norse word ''auja'', which is thought to mean "good luck", o ...

(born 1983), known professionally as Eivør, Faroese singer-songwriter

Norwegians

Øyvor Hansson Øyvor Hansson, née Styren (3 March 1893 – 1975) was a Norwegian politician for Nasjonal Samling. She co-founded the Nasjonal Samling's Women's Organisation. She started out as secretary under Marie Irgens before serving as leader from 1935 t ...

(1893–1975), Norwegian politician

Swedes

Eivor Alm Eivor Matilda Astergren, née Alm (29 June 1924 – 5 March 2011) was a Swedish cross-country skier who competed in the 1950s. She finished ninth in the 10 km event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and mo ...

Eivor Engelbrektsson Eivor Viola Elvira Engelbrektsson (4 September 1914 – 28 February 2004), was a Swedish actress. Eivor Engelbrektsson was born in Stockholm and was mainly engaged as a revue actress. She toured with the national theater in both singing and spea ...

(1914–2004), Swedish actress *

Eivor Landström Harriet Eivor Emilie Landström (22 March 1919 – 4 August 2004) was a Swedish actress. Selected filmography * '' Mother Gets Married'' (1937) * '' Thunder and Lightning'' (1938) * '' Life Begins Today'' (1939) * '' Oh, What a Boy!'' (1939 ...

Eivor Olson Eivor Olga Beatrice Olson (born ''Lagman''; 27 September 1922 – 12 November 2016)Eivor Olson' ...

Eivor Steen-Olsson Eivor Steen-Olsson (born 5 January 1937) is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She is two times Relay World Champion as a member of the Swedish winning team in 1966 and 1970.

In popular culture

*Eivor Varinsdottir, the protagonist of the 2020 video game '' Assassin's Creed: Valhalla''.

References

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