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Ejnar

Old Norse roots

masculineLatin script

/ˈaiːnə/ · Danish

Origin: Old Norse
3 language contexts: Swedish Danish Finnish
Follow the evidence: 5 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Ejnar

Ejnar is a masculine given name documented in Swedish, Danish and Finnish. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Einarr.

Old Norse origin

Source-reported

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Einarr, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”) and *harjaz (“warrior”). Cognate with Faroese, Icelandic, and Norwegian Nynorsk Einar, and Swedish Enar. Doublet of Ejner and Ener.

Sources for this account (4)

Wiktionary: EjnarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: EjnarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: EjnarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: EjnarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

02 / Across borders

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03 / By the numbers

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04 / Through time

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06 / Behind the facts

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Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms5

Wikidata Q33512075CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: EjnarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: EjnarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: EjnarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: EjnarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Ejnar

Ejnar is a masculine given name documented in Swedish, Danish and Finnish. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Einarr.

Old Norse origin

Source-reported

Sources for this account (4)

Wiktionary: EjnarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: EjnarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: EjnarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: EjnarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Where Ejnar is used

Explore official naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

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countries in our sources

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0 countries with official statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

Sweden

Language records

Documented as a given name in Swedish.

Explore Sweden

3 of 3 countries

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms5

Wikidata Q33512075CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: EjnarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: EjnarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: EjnarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: EjnarCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Ejnar

Old Norse origin

Where Ejnar is used

Across borders

Sweden

Popularity over time

History

Related names

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Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Einar

Enar

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Ejnar

Old Norse origin

Where Ejnar is used

Across borders

Sweden

Popularity over time

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Einar

Enar

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page