Name Birgir

Origin:

From a Old Norse word for mountain

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Name info:

About the name Birgir in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	Icelandic
US 2021 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:	Birger, Birgid, Birgit, Birkir, Birnir, Biagio, Birdie, Birgitt, Virgil Details

Group info:

About Birger, the group of names with the same origin as Birgir

Language of origin:	Old Norse
Info about origin:	probably from short forms of names containing the element biaergh (mountain)
Words:	biaergh = the mountain Old Norse
Topics:	Short form
Variants' top ranks:	26:Birgir Iceland 2015, 92:Börje Sweden 2014
Name variants:	Birger, Birgir, Börje Sortable list Details

Popularity:

Popularity lists that contain the name Birgir

Series	Graph	Rankings
Iceland 5 years		2003-2007 45
Iceland prevalence		2015 26