Einar

Where Einar comes from

Einar hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1893
    First appearance
    #1,035 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1897
    Einar Gerhardsen born
    22nd Prime Minister of Norway (1897–
  3. 1909
    Peak, #714
    15 babies named Einar — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1950
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #3,021.
  5. 1954
    Einar Már Guðmundsson born
    Icelandic author
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Einar Gerhardsen · 22nd Prime Minister of Norway (1897–, 1897–1987
  • Einar Már Guðmundsson · Icelandic author, born 1954
  • Einar Benediktsson · Icelandic poet, 1864–1940
  • Einar Englund · Finnish composer born in Sweden, 1916–1999
  • Einar Arnórsson · Icelandic politician and judge, 1880–1955

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.