Ansgar (name)
Ansgar is a
Germanic given name, composed of the elements ans "god", and gar "spear".
Ansgar is the Old High German form of the name. The form Asger was in use in Denmark in the medieval period.
The Old English cognate of the name is Ōsgār. The name might come from when the Vikings spread through Ireland.
Modern variants of the name include Norwegian Asgeir, Icelandic Ásgeir, Danish Asger, Eske, Esge, Asgar, Asker.
List of people
Notable people with the given name:Medieval
- Saint Ansgar, Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen who was active in the Christianization of Scandinavia
- Anscar I of Ivrea, Margrave of Ivrea
- Anscar of Spoleto, Duke of Spoleto
- Osgar, English abbot
- Ansgar the Staller, Anglo-Saxon nobleman
Modern
;Ansgar- Ansgar Beckermann, German philosopher
- Ansgar Elde, Swedish artist
- Ansgar Gabrielsen, Norwegian politician
- Ansgar Knauff, German footballer
- Asgeir Almås, Norwegian politician
- Asgeir Årdal, Norwegian cross-country skier
- Asgeir Dølplads, Norwegian ski jumper
- Asgeir Mickelson, Norwegian musician, artist, photographer and music reviewer
- Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, second President of Iceland, from 1952 to 1968
- Ásgeir Gunnar Ásgeirsson, Iceland football player
- Ásgeir Elíasson, football manager and national coach
- Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson, Icelandic handball player
- Ásgeir Helgason, Icelandic scientist
- Ásgeir Jónsson, Icelandic economist, teacher and author
- Ásgeir Sigurgeirsson, Icelandic sport shooter and Olympian
- Ásgeir Sigurvinsson, Icelandic football player and coach
- Ásgeir Trausti, Icelandic singer, songwriter, known by his mononym Ásgeir
''See Asger''