Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 8 345 males with the given name Eivind living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1980s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.
Etymology
From Old NorseEyvindr, composed of ey (probably in the sense ‘luck, happiness’) and -vindur, of unknown origin, possibly "winner". Cognate with Danish Ejvind.