Ansgar| Gender | masculine |
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| Language(s) | Germanic |
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| Meaning | "god"+"spear" |
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Ansgar (Latinized Ansgarius; Old Norse Ásgeirr) is a
Germanic given name, composed of the elements ans "god", and gar "spear".[1]
Ansgar is the Old High German form of the name. The form Asger was in use in Denmark in the medieval period.[2]
The Old English cognate of the name is Ōsgār (the given name Oscar is however thought to be of Irish origin). The name might come from when the Vikings spread through Ireland.
Modern variants of the name include Norwegian Asgeir, Icelandic Ásgeir, Danish Asger, Eske, Esge, Asgar, Asker.
List of people
Notable people with the given name:
Medieval
Modern
- Ansgar
- Asgeir
- Ásgeir
- Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1894–1972), second President of Iceland, from 1952 to 1968
- Ásgeir Gunnar Ásgeirsson (born 1980), Iceland football (soccer) player
- Ásgeir Elíasson (1949–2007), football (soccer) manager and national coach
- Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson (born 1984), Icelandic handball player
- Ásgeir Helgason (born 1957), Icelandic scientist
- Ásgeir Jónsson, Icelandic economist, teacher and author
- Ásgeir Sigurgeirsson, Icelandic sport shooter and Olympian
- Ásgeir Sigurvinsson (born 1955), Icelandic football (soccer) player and coach
- Ásgeir Trausti (born 1992), Icelandic singer, songwriter, known by his mononym Ásgeir
- Asger
See Asger
See also
References
- ^ "View Name: Ansgar". behindthename.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
- ^ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
