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Also known as Agnar (given name), Agnar (first name)

Agnar or Agnarr 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.

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Instance of
male given name
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name day
June 21
native label
Agnar
writing system
Latin script
Soundex
A256
Cologne phonetics
0467
Caverphone
AKN111
language of work or name
Norwegian
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Agnar (given name)

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Agnar or Agnarr 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.

==Given name== In 2022, 29 men in Denmark and 755 men in Norway had the name. Its name day is June 21st. 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

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