Egil

Gender Masculine
Usage Norwegian
Pronounced Pron. /ˈeː.ɡiːl/ [key ·simplify]

Meaning & History

From the Old Norse name Egill, a diminutive of names that began with the element agi "awe, fear" [1] [2] . This was the name of a semi-legendary 10th-century Viking, described in the Icelandic Egill's Saga.

Related Names

Rootagi
Other Languages & CulturesOve (Danish) Age (Frisian) Uwe (German) Ago, Agi (Germanic) Egill (Icelandic) Egils (Latvian) Aghi, Egill (Old Norse) Ove, Owe (Swedish)

Popularity

People think this name is

classic mature natural strong strange serious

Name Days

Estonia: November 17
Norway: November 5
  1. Peterson, Lena. Nordiskt runnamnslexikon. Uppsala, 2007, page 260.
  2. Cleasby, Richard and Gudbrand Vigfusson. An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874), entry agi, available from https://old-norse.net/html/a.php#agi.

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