Meanings
- A male given name from Old Norse.
1 more example
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.
2004, David W. Scott, The Disillusioned:A Story of Our Times, Fraser Books, →ISBN, page 204
Origin
- Old NorseÍvarr
- EnglishIvor
Medieval form of Old Norse Ívarr. Doublet of Igor.
More words from Old Norse
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Danish Ivar, Iver
- Ivarmale given name
- Ivermale given name
Finnish Iivari
- Iivarimale given name
Icelandic Ívar, Ingvar
- Ívarmale given name
- Ingvarmale given name
Latvian Ivars
- Ivarsmale given name
Norwegian Ivar, Iver
- Ivarmale given name
- Ivermale given name
- Ingvarmale given name
- Yngvarmale given name
Polish Igor
- Igormale given name
Russian И́горь
- И́горь (Ígorʹ)male given name
Scottish Gaelic Ìomhar
- Ìomharmale given name
Swedish Ivar, Ingvar
- Ivarmale given name
- Ingvarmale given name
Welsh Ifor
- Iformale given name
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Cite this entry
Ivor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ivor
“Ivor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ivor. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ivor,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ivor.
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