Geir

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Геир in RU Russia and Гейр in TR Türkiye.

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 8 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 recorded senses●

Geir 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.

• GASTE

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

• In non, accusative singular indefinite of geirr

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

• In fro, to admit (to concede to be true)

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

• In Welsh, soft mutation of ceir

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

• In Irish, tallow, suet

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

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●

NO SSB — Navn (1880–present) — 73 years between 1945–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Geir Hallgrímssonb. 1925ISPrime Minister of Iceland (1925-1990)
• Geir Lundestadb. 1945NONorwegian historian and director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute (1945–2023)
• Geir Haardeb. 1951ISIcelandic politician and former head of government
• Geir O. Pedersenb. 1955NONorwegian diplomat
• Geir Ivarsøyb. 1957NONorwegian computer prgrammer (1957–2006)
• Thomas Hylland Eriksenb. 1962NOnot in their usual nameNorwegian social anthropologist and professor (1962–2024)
• Geir Karlstadb. 1963NONorwegian speed skater
• Geir Hansteen Jörgensenb. 1968SESwedish director
• Geir Bratlandb. 1970NONorwegian musician (born 1970)
• Geir Hartly Andreassenb. 1971NONorwegian cinematographer

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 · 221 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Geir?

We estimate roughly 23 thousand people bear Geir (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Geir have the most bearers?

We estimate about 21 thousand people bear Geir in Norway, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled geir.

Where is Geir most common?

Geir is densest in Norway, where the national register counts about 1 in 259 people carrying it.

How common is Geir compared with other names?

In Norway, Geir is the 25th most common given name of 38,312 given names recorded there.

Is Geir a male or female name?

Geir 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 Geir mean?

Recorded meaning: a male given name from Old Norse