Ragnar

Estonian

Etymology

From Old Norse Ragnarr.

Proper noun

Ragnar

1. a male given name

Related terms

• Rainer
• Rauno
• Ragne

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse Ragnarr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɹaknaɹ]

Proper noun

Ragnar m

1. a male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Ragnar: Ragnarsson
• daughter of Ragnar: Ragnarsdóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Ragnar
Accusative	Ragnar
Dative	Ragnari
Genitive	Ragnars

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse Ragnarr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrakna(ː)r/
• Rhymes: -aknar

Proper noun

Ragnar m

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Ragnar (sg-only masculine)

indefinite singular
nominative	Ragnar
accusative	Ragnar
dative	Ragnari
genitive	Ragnars

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• Ragnår (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Norse Ragnarr, from regin, rǫgn (“counsel”) and herr (“army”); cognate to German Rainer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²raɡnar/, /²raŋnar/, (some regions) /²raɡna/

Proper noun

Ragnar m (definite Ragnaren)

1. a male given name from Old Norse

References

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

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish Ragnar, from Old Norse Ragnarr. Out of use in Sweden by 16th century, revived since 1811.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Ragnar c (genitive Ragnars)

1. a male given name
   • 1994, Marianne Fredriksson, Anna, Hanna och Johanna, Wahlström & Widstrand, published 2001, →ISBN, page 48:

     - Ragnar lelle, sa hon.
     Hon var glad för namnet, för att hon haft kraft att driva igenom det. I båda gårdarna hade det varit invändningar, i ingen av släkterna hade namnet funnits. Sen hade de tigit och tänkt, att dä ä som dä ska, oäkting ska ente bäre släktnamne. Men Hanna mindes en pojke i skolan.

     - Ragnar lelle, she said.
     She was happy with the name, because she had the strength to push it through. In both farms there had been objections, in neither family had the name existed. Then they had remained silent and thought that it is as it should be, a bastard should not bear a family name. But Hanna remembered a boy at school.

Anagrams

• granar