Name Alvar

Origin:

From Old Norse words for elf and warrior

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Name info:

About the name Alvar in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	Scandinavian
US 2021 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:	Alva, Alvaro, Álvaro, Alwar, Elvar, Aava, Aimar, Alan, Alba, Alban Details

Group info:

About Alvar, the group of names with the same origin as Alvar

Language of origin:	Old Norse
Info about origin:	old Norse two-element name
Words:	alfr = the elf Old Norse
	arr = the warrior Old Norse
Topics:	Two-element name
Variants' top ranks:	16:Alvar Finland/Finnish 2022, 37:Elvar Iceland 2003 to 2007, 26:Elfar Iceland 2013
Name variants:	Alvar, Elfar, Elvar Sortable list Details

Popularity:

Popularity lists that contain the name Alvar

Series	Graph	Rankings
Finland/Finnish	Graph	2022 16, 2021 16, 2020 18, 2019 22, 2018 36, 2017 45
Sweden	Graph	2021 94, 2020 93