Alvar (first name)
Alvar and Álvar are male given names .
Origin and meaning
Alvar is of Swedish origin. The name is a combination of Old High German alf "Elfe, Naturgeist" and heri "Kriegsschar, Heer".
Álvar is a variant of the Spanish given name Álvaro .
name day
In Sweden is June 21 celebrated as name day, in Finland the 24. September .
variants
The feminine form of Alvar is Alva .
Name bearer
- Alvar Aalto (1898–1976), Finnish architect and designer
- Alvar Ross Kitt (* 1968), American ski racer
- Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (* around 1490, † around 1557), Spanish navigator and explorer
- Carl Alvar Wirtanen (1910–1990), American astronomer
- Alvar Zacke (1904–1977), Swedish author, translator and journalist
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rosa Kohlheim, Volker Kohlheim: Duden, The large first name dictionary, 3rd edition, Dudenverlag, Mannheim et al. 2007. ISBN 978-3-411-06083-2
- ↑ www.calendar.sk as of November 6, 2008