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Agnar
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Old Norse
Region of origin	Scandinavian countries

Agnar is a masculine given name of Scandinavian origin. The name is a compound. The first part is either the word agn 'punishment, deed' or egg 'knife edge', and the second part is from harr 'warrior'. It has the variant Agner.^[1]

In 2022, 29 men in Denmark^[1] and 755 men in Norway had the name. Its name day is June 21st.^[2]

People with the name

Agnar Helgason (born 1968), Icelandic scientist
Agnar Johannes Barth (1871–1948), Norwegian forester
Agnar Mykle (1915–1944), Norwegian writer
Agnar Sandmo (born 1938), Norwegian economist

Fictional Characters with the name

Agnarr Geirröðsson, son of King Geirröðr in the Poetic Edda poem Grímnismál
King Agnar, a character in the Disney Frozen franchise
Chief of the Mangalores in the 1997 movie The Fifth Element

References

^ ^a ^b "Agnar". Dansk Navneleksikon (in Danish). Det Danske Sprog- og Litteraturselskab. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
^ Alhaug, Gulbrand (2024-05-28). "Agnar (mannsnamn)". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-12-03.

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[dnl-1] "Agnar". Dansk Navneleksikon (in Danish). Det Danske Sprog- og Litteraturselskab. Retrieved 2024-12-03.

[2] Alhaug, Gulbrand (2024-05-28). "Agnar (mannsnamn)". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-12-03.

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Agnar (given name)

People with the name

Fictional Characters with the name

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