Einar

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Ეინარ in GE Georgia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Einar is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name5.6K records spelled Einar3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, United States, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written Eînar, E̴i̴n̴a̴r̴

• Russian given name346 records spelled Einar17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Эйнар, Ejnar, Ейнар, Eynar, Эинар

43 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Einar is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Norwegian Nynorsk, a male given name from Old Norse

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, Icelandic

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In English, Norse name, "one warrior"

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• In German, männl. Vom. nordischen Ursprungs (altnord. Einarr aus german. *aina »ein, allein« + umordisch haijaR, altnord, herr »Heer; Heerführer, Krieger«, etwa »der alleine kämpft«).

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Espada brillante

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 113 years between 1893–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Einar Benediktssonb. 1864ISIcelandic poet (1864-1940)
• Eino Leinob. 1878FInot in their usual nameFinnish poet and journalist (1878–1926)
• Lili Elbeb. 1882DKnot in their usual nameDanish painter and transgender woman (1882–1931)
• Einar Gundersenb. 1896NONorwegian footballer (1896-1962)
• Einar Gerhardsenb. 1897NO22nd Prime Minister of Norway (1897–
• Einar Haugenb. 1906USAmerican linguist (1906-1994)
• Nils Poppeb. 1908SEnot in their usual nameSwedish entertainer (1908-2000)
• Ole Einar Bjørndalenb. 1974NONorwegian biathlete and cross-country skier
• Kvitrafnb. 1979NOnot in their usual nameNorwegian musician
• Viktor Gyökeresb. 1998SEnot in their usual nameSwedish footballer (born 1998)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 530 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Einar?

We estimate roughly 32 thousand people bear Einar (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Einar have the most bearers?

We estimate about 14 thousand people bear Einar in Sweden, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled einar.

Where is Einar most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Einar is densest in Iceland — about 1 in 124 people — even though Sweden holds more of our records for it.

How common is Einar compared with other names?

In Sweden, Einar is the 463rd most common given name of 36,824 given names recorded there.

Is Einar a male or female name?

Einar is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Einar mean?

Recorded meaning: nominative/accusative feminine plural of einn (“one”)