Alvar
Cebuano edit
Proper noun edit
Alvar
- a male given name
- a surname
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Swedish Alvar, ultimately from Old Norse.
Proper noun edit
Alvar
- a male given name
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Alvar
- a male given name occasionally borrowed from Swedish
Declension edit
Inflection of Alvar (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Alvar | Alvarit | ||
genitive | Alvarin | Alvarien Alvareiden Alvareitten | ||
partitive | Alvaria | Alvareita Alvareja | ||
illative | Alvariin | Alvareihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Alvar | Alvarit | ||
accusative | nom. | Alvar | Alvarit | |
gen. | Alvarin | |||
genitive | Alvarin | Alvarien Alvareiden Alvareitten | ||
partitive | Alvaria | Alvareita Alvareja | ||
inessive | Alvarissa | Alvareissa | ||
elative | Alvarista | Alvareista | ||
illative | Alvariin | Alvareihin | ||
adessive | Alvarilla | Alvareilla | ||
ablative | Alvarilta | Alvareilta | ||
allative | Alvarille | Alvareille | ||
essive | Alvarina | Alvareina | ||
translative | Alvariksi | Alvareiksi | ||
abessive | Alvaritta | Alvareitta | ||
instructive | — | Alvarein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
Statistics edit
- Alvar is the 227th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 2,427 male individuals (and as a middle name to 3,405 more), and also belongs as a middle name to 7 female individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Old Norse Alfarr, from alfr (“elf”) + herr (“army”).
- Revived in the 19th century, partly because it was mistaken for a translation of German Ernst from Swedish allvar (“seriousness”).
Pronunciation edit
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Proper noun edit
Alvar c (genitive Alvars)
- a male given name