Eivind

From Old Norse Eyvindr, composed of ey (probably in the sense ‘luck, happiness’) and -vindr, of unknown origin, possibly "winner". Cognate with Danish Ejvind.

Eivind

1. a male given name

• Even, Øivind, Øyvind

• Eivind on the Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nb
• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• 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.

• Eivin (alternative spelling)
• Evind (dialectal)

From Old Norse Eivindr, from Eyvindr, composed of ey (probably in the sense ‘luck, happiness’) and -vindr, of unknown origin, possibly “winner”. Doublet of Øyvind. Cognate with Faroese Eivindur and Danish Ejvind.

Eivind m

1. a male given name

Patronymics:

• son of Eivind: Eivindsson
• daughter of Eivind: Eivindsdotter

• Even (Danicised form)

• Kristoffer Kruken; Ola Stemshaug (1995) Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
• Eivind Vågslid (1988) Norderlendske fyrenamn, →ISBN, page 89
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 8 369 males with the given name Eivind living in Norway on January 1st 2022, with the frequency peak in the 1980s. Accessed on 1st December, 2022.