Eyvindr

Old Norse

Etymology

Composed of ey (probably in the sense ‘luck, happiness’) and -vindr, of unknown origin, possibly “winner”.

Proper noun

Eyvindr m

1. a male given name

Descendants

• Icelandic: Eyvindur
• Faroese: Eivindur
• Norwegian: Øyvind, Øivind, → Eivind
• Old Swedish: Ø̄nder, Ø̄inder
  • Swedish: Övind
• → Swedish: Eyvind
• → Danish: Ejvind