Eyvindr

Old Norse

Etymology

Composed of ey (probably in the sense ‘luck, happiness’) and -vindr, of unknown origin, possibly “winner”.

Proper noun

Eyvindr m

a male given name

Descendants

Icelandic: Eyvindur
Faroese: Eivindur
Norwegian: Øyvind, Øivind, → Eivind
Old Swedish: Ø̄nder, Ø̄inder
- Swedish: Övind
→ Swedish: Eyvind
→ Danish: Ejvind

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