Ansgar

Gender Masculine
Pronounced Pron. /ˈans.ɡaʁ/ (German) [key ·simplify]

Meaning & History

Derived from the Old German elements ansi "god" and ger "spear" [2] [3] [4] . Saint Ansgar was a 9th-century Frankish missionary who tried to convert the Danes and Norwegians.

Related Names

Rootsansu/ansi + gair/ger
VariantAnsegar (Germanic)
Other Languages & CulturesOsgar (Anglo-Saxon) Asger (Danish) Ásgeir (Icelandic) Ansugaizaz (Old Germanic) Ásgeirr (Old Norse)

People think this name is

classic mature formal upper class natural strong strange serious

Name Days

Austria: February 3
Norway: February 3
Sweden: February 4
  1. Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 126.
  2. Kroonen, Guus. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic. Brill, 2013, page 30.
  3. Köbler, Gerhard. Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, entry gēr, available from https://www.koeblergerhard.de/ahdwbhin.html.
  4. Köbler, Gerhard. Altsächsisches Wörterbuch, entry gêr, available from https://www.koeblergerhard.de/aswbhinw.html.

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