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Einar - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Einar

[ 2 syll. ei-nar, ein-ar ] The boy name Einar is pronounced as AYNer KEY. Einar is primarily used in English, German, and Scandinavian, and it is of Old Norse origin. Einar's meaning is warrior chief. Two-element name derived from the elements 'einn' which means alone, lone ; 'herr' which means army, warrior. An original form of the name is Einarr (Old Norse). The name was popular in ancient Iceland and Norway. The Scandinavian name Ejnar and the English name Inar are variations of the name.

Einar is unusual as a baby name for boys. Its usage peaked modestly in 1909 with 0.009% of baby boys being named Einar. It ranked at #729 then. The baby name has since slipped in popularity, and is now used on an infrequent scale. Among all boy names in its group, Einar was nevertheless the most regularly used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Einar include the Irish Einrí, the Indian Amar, the Arabic and English Ameer, the Arabic Ameir, the Arabic and English Amir, the Arabic Ammar, the Arabic Ammer, the English Amor, the Arabic Amr, the Irish Anraí, the Arabic and Urdu Anwar, the Irish Éinrí, the English, Finnish, French, and Slavic Henri, the French Honoré, the English and Hebrew Omri, the Arabic Umar, the English Amari, the English Amenra, the English Amery, and the Arabic Amiri.

KEY: Pronunciation for Einar: AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)"


 
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