Iver

Where Iver comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Iver.

Iver through the years
  1. 1850
    Iver Holter born
    Norwegian composer
  2. 1884
    First appearance
    #971 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1887
    Peak, #819
    6 babies named Iver, its best rank.
  4. 1889
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1902
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  6. 1996
    Iver Fossum born
    Norwegian association football player
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Iver Fossum · Norwegian association football player, born 1996
  • Iver Holter · Norwegian composer, 1850–1941
  • Iver Rosenkrantz · Danish diplomat, 1674–1745
  • Iver Lawson · Swedish track cyclist, 1879–1960
  • Iver Tildheim Andersen · Norwegian cross-country skier, born 2000

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.