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Einar

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Gender
  
male

Meaning
  
one, alone + warrior

Word/name
  
Old Norse

Region of origin
  
Norway, Sweden

Name day
  
26 September (Norway, Sweden), 17 November (Estonia, Finland)

Related names
  
Ejnar, Ejner, Enar, Einars

Einar is a given name deriving from the Old Norse name Einarr, which according to Guðbrandur Vigfússon is directly connected with the concept of the einherjar, undead warriors from Norse mythology. Vigfússon comments that 'the name Einarr is properly = einheri" and points to a relation to the term with the Old Norse common nouns einarðr (meaning "bold") and einörð (meaning "valour") .

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Einar as given name

  • Einar Englund (1916–1999), Finnish composer
  • Einar Fagstad (1899–1961), Norwegian-Swedish accordionist, singer, actor and composer
  • Einar Førde (1943–2004), Norwegian politician, Minister of Education and Church Affairs and vice-chairman of the Norwegian Labour Party
  • Einar Gerhardsen (1897–1987), Norwegian politician, Prime Minister of Norway
  • Einar Haugen (1906–1994), American linguist, author and Professor at University of Wisconsin–Madison and Harvard University
  • Einar Hjörleifsson Kvaran (1859–1938), Icelandic editor, novelist, poet, playwright and prominent spiritualist
  • Einar Kuusk (born 1989), Estonian actor, director, producer, writer and YouTube personality
  • Einar Jansen (1893–1960), Norwegian historian, genealogist and archivist
  • Einar Jónsson (1874–1954), Icelandic sculptor
  • Einar Kárason (born 1955), Icelandic writer
  • Einar Örn Benediktsson (born 1962), vocalist for Sugarcubes and Ghostigital and former Reykjavik City Council member

    • Einar as middle name

  • Ole Einar Bjørndalen (born 1974), Norwegian professional biathlete
  • Bjørn Einar Romøren (born 1981), Norwegian ski jumper
  • Jan Einar Thorsen (born 1966), former Norwegian Alpine skier
  • Einar is the name of a war general in the fantasy game HeroScape. and is also a race of dwarves in the Dragonlance fiction
  • Einar is a character in Vinland Saga
  • Einar Solberg is a Norwegian keyboardist/composer, currently with the Symphonic Black Metal/Black Metal band Emperor (band) and the progressive metal band Leprous.

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