Alvar

Alvar

1. a male given name
2. a surname

Borrowed from Swedish Alvar, ultimately from Old Norse.

Alvar

1. a male given name

From Swedish Alvar.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlʋɑr/,
• Rhymes: -ɑlʋɑr
• Syllabification^(key): Al‧var

Alvar

1. a male given name occasionally borrowed from Swedish

• Alvari

• Alvar is the 227^th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 2,427 male individuals (and as a middle name to 3,405 more), and also belongs as a middle name to 7 female individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

Old Norse Alfarr, from alfr (“elf”) +‎ herr (“army”).

• Revived in the 19th century, partly because it was mistaken for a translation of German Ernst from Swedish allvar (“seriousness”).

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Alvar c (genitive Alvars)

1. a male given name

• Allvar

• larva, lavar, valar