Boy · Old Norse
Ásgeir
Say it: OWS-gayr
Meaning
From Old Norse áss 'god' and geirr 'spear'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A saga-age name still used in Iceland, Norway and Denmark.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
- The Viking and Anglo-Saxon Age700 to 1100
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Asgeir
| Old Norse | Ásgeirr |
|---|---|
| Danish | Asger |
Famous bearers
- Asger Jorn, Danish painter
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Where this comes from
- The Icelandic sagas and other Old Norse literature
- National birth statistics of European countries source
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