STYR

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Name Element

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Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Old Norse

styrr = 'stir', 'noise', 'tumult', 'battle' [1] [2] [3] [4]

Old Dutch

ge-styre = 'quarrel', 'dispute' [3]

Old English

ġe-styr = 'movement' [3]

Related Names

See Styrr

Combinations

Name
Element    
Example
BJÖRN see Styrbiǫrn
FAST see Styrfastr
GEIR see Styrger
GERD see Styrgerður
KOLL see Styrkollr
KÅR see Styrkárr
LAUG see StyrlaugR
LEIK see StyrlakR

First Element Forms

Ster-
Sti-
Stor-
Stur-
Sty- Styr- Stýr-
Stör- Stør-

References

  1. Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
  2. Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
  4. Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)