Elvar
Elvar is a male name.
Origin and meaning
The name comes from the Scandinavian region and occurs particularly in Iceland , but also in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and the Faroe Islands . Elvar is derived as a two-part name from Old Norse alfr (the elf) and arr (the warrior) or from Old Norse elfar (the rivers). Elvar is also derived as a variant of the names Alvar and Elver and as the male form of the name Elva.
Well-known namesake
- Bo Elvar Jørgensen (* 1963), Danish football player
- Elvar Ásgeirsson (* 1994), Icelandic handball player
- Elvar Már Friðriksson (* 1994), Icelandic basketball player
- Elvar Örn Jónsson (* 1997), Icelandic handball player
- Elvar Ólafsson (born 1997), Icelandic ice hockey player
- Elvar Ingi Vignisson , Icelandic football player