Icelandic masculine given names

The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (Hrōþiberhtaz). Compare Old Dutch Robrecht and Old High German Hrodebert (a compound of Hruod () "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown, godlike" and berht "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert.

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Adolf (also spelt Adolph or Adolphe, Adolfo, and when Latinised Adolphus) is a given name with German origins.

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thumb|upright=0.85|Tobias and the Angel, by [[Filippino Lippi]]

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Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants Audo, Odo, Udo) of Germanic names beginning in aud-, an element meaning "wealth, prosperity".

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Bernhard is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar (1604–1639), Duke of Saxe-Weimar Bernhard, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen (1901–1984), head of the House of Saxe-Meiningen 1946–1984 Bernhard, Count of Bylandt (1905–1998), German nobleman, artist, and author Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1911–2004), Prince Consort of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands Bernhard, Margrave of Baden (born 1970), German prince Bernhard Beibl (born 1979), Austrian musician Bernhard Frank (1913–2011), German SS Commander Bernhard Garside (born 1962), British diplomat Bernhard Go

Adrian is a form of the Latin given name Adrianus or Hadrianus. Its ultimate origin is most likely via the former river Adria from the Venetic and Illyrian word adur, meaning "sea" or "water".

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Einar is a Scandinavian given name deriving from the Old Norse name Einarr, which according to Guðbrandur Vigfússon is directly connected with the concept of the einherjar, warriors who died in battle and ascended to Valhalla in Norse mythology. Vigfússon comments that 'the name Einarr is properly = einheri" and points to a relation to the term with the Old Norse common nouns einarðr (meaning "bold") and einörð (meaning "valour").

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Ragnar ( ) is a masculine Germanic given name, composed of the Old Norse elements ragin- "counsel" and hari- "army".

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Gunnar is a male first name of Nordic origin (Gunnarr in Old Norse). The name Gunnar means fighter, soldier, and attacker, but mostly is referred to by the Viking saying which means Brave and Bold warrior (gunnr "war" and arr "warrior"). King Gunnar was a prominent king of medieval literature such as the Middle High German epic poem, the Nibelungenlied, where King Gunnar and Queen Brynhildr hold their court at Worms. Gunder is a nordic variant, Günther is the modern German variant, and Gonario is the Italian version. Some people with the name Gunnar include:

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Leif is a male given name of Scandinavian origin. It is derived from the Old Norse name Leifr (nominative case), meaning "heir", "descendant".

Matthias is a name derived from the Greek Ματθαίος, in origin similar to Matthew.

Philip, also Phillip, is a male name derived from the Greek (Philippos, lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (philos, "dear", "loved", "loving") and (hippos, "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularized the name include kings of Macedonia and one of the apostles of early Christianity.

Olaf or Olav (, , or British ; ) is a Dutch, Polish, Scandinavian and German given name. It is presumably of Proto-Norse origin, reconstructed as *Anu-laibaz, from anu "ancestor, grand-father" and laibaz "heirloom, descendant". Old English forms are attested as Ǣlāf, Anlāf. The corresponding Old Novgorod dialect form is Uleb. A later English form of the name is Olave.

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Eldar is a masculine given name and surname of various origins.

Linus, a male given name, is the Latin form of the Greek name Linos. It is a common given name in Sweden. The origin of the name is unknown although the name appears in antiquity both as a musician who taught Apollo and as a son of Apollo who died in infancy.

Hannes is a masculine given name and a diminutive of Johannes or Hannibal.

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Guðmundur (), sometimes rendered as Gudmundur, is an Icelandic male first name, sometimes shortened to Gummi or Gvendur.

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Theodor is a masculine given name. It is a German form of Theodore. It is also a variant of Teodor.

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Jón is an Old Norse common name still widely used in Iceland and the Faroes. According to Icelandic custom, people named Jón are generally referred to by first and middle names and those without a middle name are referred to with both first name and patronym disambiguation is required.

Ólafur () is a common name in Iceland, derived from the Old Norse Óláfr , meaning "ancestor's relic".

Friðrik is a masculine Icelandic given name. Notable people with the name include:

Klaus is a German, Dutch and Scandinavian given name and surname. It originated as a short form of Nikolaus, a German form of the Greek given name Nicholas.

Pétur () or Petur is a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Snorri (; ) is a masculine given name. People with the name include:

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Páll is a name primarily of Icelandic and Faroese origins. Notable people with the name include:

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Kristján is an Icelandic masculine given name.

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Arnar is a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Eggert is an Anglo-Germanic given name and surname, deriving from the root *agi meaning "edge". The full meaning of the name translated from German to English would be "edge of a sword".

Þorsteinn is an Old Norse and Icelandic masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:

Hrafn (; ) is both a masculine byname, and personal name in Old Norse. The name translates into English as "raven". The Old English form of the name is *Hræfn. The name is paralleled by the English masculine given name Raven, which is derived from the word "raven". The feminine form of this name is Hrefna.

Sveinn (; ) is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: