Steinar

See also: steinar

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse Steinarr.

Proper noun

Steinar m

1. a male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Steinar: Steinarsson
• daughter of Steinar: Steinarsdóttir

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Steinar
accusative	Steinar
dative	Steinari
genitive	Steinars

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse Steinarr.

Proper noun

Steinar m (proper noun, genitive singular Steinars)

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Steinar (sg-only masculine)

indefinite singular
nominative	Steinar
accusative	Steinar
dative	Steinari
genitive	Steinars

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• Steinår, Steinår’e

Etymology

From Old Norse Steinarr, from Proto-Norse ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᚹᚨᚱᛁᛃᚨᛉ (stainawarijaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (“stone”) + *warjaz (“defender”). Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic Steinar, Swedish Steinar and Danish Stener.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²stɛɪːnar/

Proper noun

Steinar m

1. a male given name from Old Norse

References

• Eivind Vågslid (1988) Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 333
• Ivar Aasen (1878) Norsk Navnebog, eller Samling af Mandsnavne og Kvindenavne‎^[1] (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 36
• Kristoffer Kruken, Ola Stemshaug (1995) Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 10602 males with the given name Steinar living in Norway on January 1st 2022, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 8th December, 2022.