Vár

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Female Female Name

Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese

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Origin and Meaning

Old Norse name, see VÖR for more information about the meaning [1] [2] [3] [4]

Related Names

Vár
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Faroese Icelandic Old Norse
Vór
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Old Norse
Vår
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Danish Norwegian Swedish
Wår
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Norwegian
Vaar
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Norwegian

Combinations

For combinations see VÖR (name element)

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Várarson Faroe Islands Iceland

Female

Várardóttir Faroe Islands Iceland

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Vár
Accusative: Vár
Dative: Vár
Genitive: Várar
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Vár
Accusative: Vár
Dative: Vár
Genitive: Várar

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Norse Mythology

  • Vár is the name of an Ásynja, who is responsible for contracts between men an women. [2]

Trivia

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
Denmark Denmark[6]
20
n.a.
20
n.a.
0
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[7]
0 2 0 2 0 0
Iceland Iceland[8]
0 3
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[9]
0
n.a.
0
n.a.
0
n.a.
Finland Finland[10]
n.a.
0 0 0 0 0
Greenland Greenland[11]
0 0
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Vár (f) Sources: [12]


References

  1. Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
  3. Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  4. Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  5. Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  6. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  7. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  8. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  9. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  10. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  11. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  12. details see Name Statistic tables