Einar

Einar is a male given name .

Origin and meaning

The name comes from Icelandic , it goes back to Old Icelandic Einarr <* Aina-harjaz ('alone' + 'fighter').

The name Einar was one of the six most popular Icelandic male given names in 2012 .

Well-known namesake

• Einar (* 1993), Italian pop singer
• Einar Billing (1871-1939), Swedish theologian
• Ole Einar Bjørndalen (* 1974), Norwegian biathlete
• Einar Enevoldson (* 1932), Norwegian glider pilot
• Einar Førde (1943–2004), Norwegian politician
• Einar Gerhardsen (1897–1987), Norwegian politician
• Einar Már Guðmundsson (* 1954), Icelandic writer
• Einar Haugen (1906-1994), American linguist
• Einar Heimisson (1966–1998), Icelandic writer
• Einar Hólmgeirsson (* 1982), Icelandic handball player
• Einar Iversen (1930–2019), Norwegian jazz pianist
• Einar Jónsson (1874–1954), Icelandic sculptor
• Einar Kárason (* 1955), Icelandic writer
• Einar Karlsson (1908–1980), Swedish wrestler
• Einar Karlsson (1909-1967), Swedish football player
• Einar Hjörleifsson Kvaran (1859–1938), Icelandic writer
• Bjørn Einar Romøren (* 1981), Norwegian ski jumper
• Einar Selvik (* 1979), Norwegian musician and songwriter
• Einar Schleef (1944–2001), German writer and director
• Einar von Schuler (1930–1990), German ancient orientalist
• Einar Snitt (1905–1973), Swedish national football striker 1926–1936
• Jan Einar Thorsen (* 1966), Norwegian ski racer
• Einar Fróvin Waag (1894–1989), Faroese politician and brewer

Fictional people

• Einar Suðringur (also Einar from the South Islands ), character in the Faroese saga
• Einar Brane alias Einar Lindenberg is a character from the first Kalle Blomquist - novel by Astrid Lindgren . He is Eva-Lotta Lisander's second uncle (a cousin of her mother) and a jewel thief who ripped off his accomplices and tried to go into hiding with Eva-Lotta's parents in Kleinköping.

See also

• Einarsson , Einarsdóttir : Icelandic patronyms derived from Einar

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Assar Janzen: De fornvästnordiska personnamnen. In: Personnavne, ed Assar Janzen (. Nordisk culture 7), Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen 1947, 68.