Ivor

See also: ivor

English

Etymology

Medieval form of Old Norse Ívarr. Doublet of Igor.

Proper noun

Ivor

1. A male given name from Old Norse.
   • 2004, David W. Scott, The Disillusioned:A Story of Our Times, Fraser Books, →ISBN, page 204:

     I'd weave through the throng — scanning for empties to return while flirting, sniffing out kids smoking grass and sharing smokes with Ivor and Carl on the door. With a name like Carl you can imagine a six-foot tall and wide bouncer, but Ivor...I couldn't but help to think of the name as belonging to a skinny Welshman getting sand kicked into his face. His name didn't do him justice — this guy was almost as big as Carl and probably faster with his fists.

2. A town in Virginia.

Related terms

• Igor

Descendants

• → Welsh: Ifor

Translations

male given name

• Danish: Ivar, Iver
• Finnish: Iivari (fi)
• Icelandic: Ívar (is) m, Ingvar (is) m
• Latvian: Ivars m
• Northern Sami: Ivvár
• Norwegian: Ivar (no), Iver, Ingvar, Yngvar
• Russian: И́горь (ru) (Ígorʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: Ìomhar
• Swedish: Ivar (sv), Ingvar (sv)
• Welsh: Ifor

Anagrams

• VRIO, rivo, viro-