Åsgeir

See also: Ásgeir

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• Æsgeir, Asgeir
• Askjei, Askjer (regional variants)

Etymology

From Old Norse Ásgeirr, from áss (“god”) +‎ geirr (“spear”). Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic Ásgeir, Swedish and Danish Asger, German Ansgar, and English Oscar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɔ(ː)sjɛɪr/
• (newer, from written form) IPA^(key): /²ɔ(ː)sɡɛɪr/

Proper noun

Åsgeir m (definite Åsgeiren)

1. a male given name from Old Norse, equivalent to English Oscar

References

• Eivind Vågslid (1988) “Åsgeir”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN