Einar

Einar
Gender	male
Name day	26 September: Norway and Sweden; 17 November: Estonia
Origin
Word/name	Old Norse
Meaning	one, alone + warrior
Region of origin	Scandinavia
Other names
Related names	Ejnar, Ejner, Ener, Enar, Einari, Einars, Einārs

Einar is a Scandinavian given name deriving from the Old Norse name Einarr, which according to Guðbrandur Vigfússon is directly connected with the concept of the einherjar, warriors who died in battle and ascended to Valhalla in Norse mythology. Vigfússon comments that 'the name Einarr is properly = einheri" and points to a relation to the term with the Old Norse common nouns einarðr (meaning "bold") and einörð (meaning "valour").^[1]

Einar as given name

Einár (rapper) (2002–2021), Swedish rapper
Einar Jan Aas (born 1955), Norwegian footballer
Einar Arnórsson (1880–1955), Icelandic politician
Einar Axelsson (1895–1971), Swedish actor
Einar Benediktsson (1864–1940), Icelandic poet and lawyer
Einar Blidberg (1906–1993), Swedish Navy vice admiral
Einar Bollason (born 1943), Icelandic former basketball player, coach and TV analyst
Einar Bragi (1921–2005), Icelandic poet
Einar Bruno Larsen (1939–2021), Norwegian footballer and ice hockey player
Einar Dahl (politician) (1880–1956), Norwegian politician
Einar Daníelsson (born 1970), Icelandic footballer
Einar Dønnum (1897–1947) Norwegian Nazi collaborator
Einar Englund (1916–1999), Finnish composer
Einar Eriksson (1921–2009), Swedish weightlifter
Einar E. Erlandsen (1908–1995), American politician
Einar Fagstad (1899–1961), Norwegian-Swedish accordionist, singer, actor and composer
Einar Førde (1943–2004), Norwegian politician, Minister of Education and Church Affairs and vice-chairman of the Norwegian Labour Party
Einar Forseth (1892–1988), Swedish artist
Einar Galilea (born 1994), Spanish footballer
Einar Gerhardsen (1897–1987), Norwegian politician, Prime Minister of Norway
Einar Granath (1936–1993), Swedish ice hockey player
Einar Már Guðmundsson (born 1954), Icelandic author
Einar Hákonarson (born 1945), Icelandic artist
Einar Hanson (1899–1927), Swedish actor
Einar Haugen (1906–1994), American linguist, author and Professor at University of Wisconsin–Madison and Harvard University
Einar Hille (1894–1980), American scholar
Einar Hjörleifsson Kvaran (1859–1938), Icelandic editor, novelist, poet, playwright and prominent spiritualist
Einar Høgetveit (1949–2020), Norwegian prosecutor
Einar Høigård (1907 – 1943), Norwegian educator and activist
Einar H. Ingman Jr. (1929–2015) American soldier
Einar Iversen (1930–2019), Norwegian jazz pianist
Einar Jansen (1893–1960), Norwegian historian, genealogist and archivist
Einar Jolin (1890 – 1976), Swedish painter
Einar Jónsson (1874–1954), Icelandic sculptor
Einar Jørgensen (1875 – 1944), Norwegian military officer, teacher and politician
Einar Kárason (born 1955), Icelandic writer
Einar Riegelhuth Koren (born 1984), Norwegian handball player
Einar Kristjánsson (1934 – 1996), Icelandic alpine skier
Einar Axel Malmstrom (1907–1954), American military officer
Einar Møbius (1891–1981), Danish gymnast
Einar Nerman (1888–1983), Swedish artist
Einar Økland (born 1940) Norwegian writer
Einar Ólafsson (disambiguation)
Einar Olsen (disambiguation)
Einar Olsson (born 1981), Norwegian musician
Einar Örn Benediktsson (born 1962), Icelandic vocalist for Sugarcubes and Ghostigital and former Reykjavik City Council member
Einar Ortiz (born 1993), Italian singer
Einar Nilsen (1901–1980), Norwegian boxer
Einar Pettersen, Norwegian wrestler
Einar Johan Rasmussen (born 1937), Norwegian engineer and ship owner
Einar Rose (1898–1979) Norwegian entertainer
Einar Sagstuen (born 1951), Norwegian cross country skier
Einar Schleef (1944–2001), German dramatist, painter, set director, writer, and actor
Einar Sigurdsson (died 1020), Norse royal
Einar Skavlan (1882–1954), Norwegian journalist
Einar Sörensen (1875–1941), Swedish fencer
Einar Stavang (1898–1992) Norwegian politician
Einar Stray (born 1990), Norwegian musician and composer (Einar Stray Orchestra)
Einar Strøm (disambiguation)
Einar Selvik (born 1979), Norwegian musician (Wardruna, Gorgoroth)
Einar Solberg, Norwegian keyboardist and composer (Emperor and Leprous)
Einar Söderqvist (1921–1996), Swedish athlete
Einar Sommerfeldt (1889–1976), Norwegian rower
Einar Soone (born 1947), Estonian clergyman
Einar Aaron Swan (1903–1940), American musician
Einar Thambarskelfir (c. 980–c. 1050) Norwegian noble and politician
Einar Thorsteinn (1942–2015), Icelandic architect
Einar Tørnquist (born 1982), Norwegian entertainer
Einar Vallbaum (born 1959), Estonian economist and politician
Einar Vilhjálmsson (born 1960), Icelandic javelin thrower
Einar Westerberg (1893–1976), Swedish flight surgeon

Einar as middle name

Ole Einar Bjørndalen (born 1974), Norwegian professional biathlete
Carl-Einar Häckner, (born 1969), Swedish illusionist, actor and comedian
Kenneth Einar Himma, American philosopher, author, lawyer, academic and lecturer
Bjørn Einar Romøren (born 1981), Norwegian ski jumper
Jan Einar Thorsen (born 1966), Norwegian Alpine skier

Last name

Kristján Einar (born 1989), Icelandic racing driver

In popular culture

Einar, a war general in the fantasy game HeroScape^[2]
Einar, a race of dwarves in the Dragonlance fiction
Einar, a slave in the Vinland Saga manga series by Makoto Yukimura
Einar Danaan, called the Autumn King, a character in the fantasy series Crescent City written by Sarah J. Maas
Einar, an artificially intelligent fisherman in the fantasy game Palia by Singularity6
Einhar, the Beastmaster from Path of Exile. He himself confirms the name's origin by mentioning it means "lone fighter".

References

^ Vigfusson (1874:121).
^ heroScape: Rise of the Valkyrie 2nd edition rules, pg 7

External links

Vigfusson, Gudbrand (1874). An Icelandic-English Dictionary: Based on the MS. Collections of the Late Richard Cleasby. Oxford at the Clarendon Press.
Behind the Name: Einar