Geirr
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Geirr is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Norway. Recorded meaning: From Proto-Germanic *gaizaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰays- (“pointed stick, spear”). Cognate with Old English gār, Old Frisian gēr, Old Saxon gēr, Old High German gēr.
- NONorway
- JMJamaica
- ESSpain
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Proto-Germanic*gaizaz(measured from records)
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰays-“pointed stick“pointed stick, spear”(measured from records)
From Proto-Germanic *gaizaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰays- (“pointed stick, spear”). Cognate with Old English gār, Old Frisian gēr, Old Saxon gēr, Old High German gēr.
Sources 2
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
- NONorway
- USUnited States
- ESSpain
- JMJamaica
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Geirr is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In non, spear
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Geirr Tveittb. 1908NONorwegian composer and pianist (1908-1981)
- Geir Hallgrímssonb. 1925ISnot in their usual namePrime Minister of Iceland (1925-1990)
- Geir Lundestadb. 1945NOnot in their usual nameNorwegian historian and director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute (1945–2023)
- Geir Haardeb. 1951ISnot in their usual nameIcelandic politician and former head of government
- Geir O. Pedersenb. 1955NOnot in their usual nameNorwegian diplomat
- Geir Ivarsøyb. 1957NOnot in their usual nameNorwegian computer prgrammer (1957–2006)
- Thomas Hylland Eriksenb. 1962NOnot in their usual nameNorwegian social anthropologist and professor (1962–2024)
- Geir Karlstadb. 1963NOnot in their usual nameNorwegian speed skater
- Geir Hansteen Jörgensenb. 1968SEnot in their usual nameSwedish director
- Geir Hartly Andreassenb. 1971NOnot in their usual nameNorwegian cinematographer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 4 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 238 | #4,211 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 2 | #58,530 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Geirr mean, and where does it come from?
- From Proto-Germanic *gaizaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰays- (“pointed stick, spear”). Cognate with Old English gār, Old Frisian gēr, Old Saxon gēr, Old High German gēr. Recorded by Wiktionary and Nordic Names.
- Is Geirr a male or female name?
- Geirr is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Geirr?
- In the etymology graph, Gervasio, Geir and Gero are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Geirr have the most bearers?
- Geirr is most frequently recorded in Norway.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/geirrThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Geirr”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.