Ivar

EE-vahr

Norse

"yew wood, archer"

Ivar Origin and Meaning

The name Ivar is a boy's name of Scandinavian, Norse origin meaning "yew wood, archer".

Part of a small group of similar names with similar roots — Ivor, Iver, Ivo, Ives — which are all worth looking at. Used throughout Scandinavia, Ivar is currently a Top 100 name in Sweden. In the Willa Cather novel O Pioneers!, there is a character known as —oops —Crazy Ivar.

Ivar Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 924 on Nameberry

Ivar Popularity

• 924 Nameberry 2024
• 504 Unique 2022
• 506 England 2021
• 68 Sweden 2022

20 Names Similar to Ivar

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• Ivor
• Iver
• Bjorn
• Sigurd
• Ragnar
• Kurt
• Torsten
• Feivel
• Eldon
• Stellen
• Endymion
• Ilya
• Nirel
• Gulliver
• Sven
• Cherie
• Lars
• Lorn
• Vilhelm
• Ifor

Famous People Named Ivar

• Ivar (or Ímar) Ragnarsson Viking king
• 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 Donnabáin (Ivor O'Donovan) legendary Irish navigator and sorcerer
• Ivar Hippe Norwegian consultant and former journalist
• Ivar Frithiof Andresen Norwegian opera singer
• Ivar Ballangrud Norwegian speed skater
• Ivar Otto Bendixson Swedish mathematician
• Ivar Bern Norwegian chess player
• Ivar Formo Norwegian cross,country skier
• Ivar Asbjørn Følling Norwegian physician
• 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 Jacobson Swedish computer scientist
• Ivar Kants Australian actor
• Ivar Larsen Kirkeby Garstad, Norwegian politician
• Ivar Kleiven Norwegian historian and poet
• Ivar Kreuger Swedish businessman
• Ivar Langen Norwegian rector
• Ivar Lo Johansson, Swedish writer
• Ivar Lykke Norwegian politician and prime minister from 1926 to 1928
• Ivar Rooth Swedish banker
• Ivar Skulstad Norwegian politician
• Ivar Bergersen Sælen Norwegian politician
• Ivar Tengbom Swedish architect
• Ivar Peterson Tveiten Norwegian politician
• Ivar Smilga Bolshevik revolutionary leader
• Ivar Vennerström Swedish politician
• Ivar Enger Norwegian former,guitarist of Darkthrone
• Ivar Aasen Norwegian lexicographer, creator of Nynorsk

Ivar in Pop Culture

• Ivar a character in the video game Tales Of Xilla, pronounced "eye,ver"
• Ivar the Timewalker Valiant Comics universe
• Ivar the Boneless A character from the tv show "Vikings."