Steinar

== Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse Steinarr. === Proper noun === Steinar m a male given name ==== Usage notes ==== Patronymics Steinar's son: Steinarsson Steinar's daughter: Steinarsdóttir ==== Declension ==== == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse Steinarr. === Proper noun === Steinar m (proper noun, genitive singular Steinars) a male given name ==== Declension ==== == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === Steinår, Steinår’e === Etymology === From Old Norse Steinarr, from Proto-Norse ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᚹᚨᚱᛁᛃᚨᛉ (stainawarijaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (“stone”) + *warjaz (“defender”). Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic Steinar, Swedish Steinar and Danish Stener. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²stɛɪːnar/ === Proper noun === Steinar m a male given name from Old Norse === References === Eivind Vågslid (1988), Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 333 Ivar Aasen (1878), Norsk Navnebog, eller Samling af Mandsnavne og Kvindenavne‎[1] (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 36 Kristoffer Kruken; Ola Stemshaug (1995), Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 10602 males with the given name Steinar living in Norway on January 1st 2022, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 8th December, 2022.