First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1930. From ritēt (“to flow”) + vara (“power”).
Ritvars m
- a male given name
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviesu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- [1] Population Register of Latvia: Ritvars was the only given name of 1463 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.