Faroese

Proper noun

Geir m

1. A male given name.

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Geir: Geirsson
• daughter of Geir: Geirsdóttir

Declension

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse Geirr, from geirr ‎(“spear”) (whence also geir).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keiːr/
• Rhymes: -eiːr

  Homophones: geir

Proper noun

Geir m

1. A male given name

Declension

Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse Geirr. A medieval given name revived in Norway in the end of the 19th century.

Proper noun

Geir

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• Asgeir, Torgeir
• Gjermund, Gjertrud

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 22 647 males with the given name Geir living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

Icelandic

Noun

geir m ‎(genitive singular geirs, nominative plural geirar)

1. spear

Declension

Old French

Verb

geir

1. to admit (to concede to be true)

References

• geir on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Welsh

Noun

geir

1. Soft mutation of ceir.

Verb

geir

1. Soft mutation of ceir.