Aimar is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, common in mainly the Basque Country and Estonia (with 5,500 resp. 600 name bearers) [1] Aimar is also used as a surname, probably as a result of the name having been used as a patronymic. [2]
The name Aimar is a Frankish form of the German name Agimar, composed by agi- (either from age 'reverence, discipline' or egg 'edge') and -mar ('famous'). [3] [4] [5] An alternative interpretation is that the name is composed of the words haim ('home') and hard ('hard'). [6] [7]
In Estonia, onomasticians have suggested that the name could be one of many versions of the popular name Aivar (in turn loaned from Latvian Aivars, a version of Scandinavian Ivar) [8]
There are references to the name in medieval texts from the 13th to 14th centuries in the Kingdom of Navarre. [9] In later years it has been assimilated as a Basque name, and it has become a popular name for boys in the Basque Country and Navarre. [10]
Aimar is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, common in mainly the Basque Country and Estonia (with 5,500 resp. 600 name bearers) [1] Aimar is also used as a surname, probably as a result of the name having been used as a patronymic. [2]
The name Aimar is a Frankish form of the German name Agimar, composed by agi- (either from age 'reverence, discipline' or egg 'edge') and -mar ('famous'). [3] [4] [5] An alternative interpretation is that the name is composed of the words haim ('home') and hard ('hard'). [6] [7]
In Estonia, onomasticians have suggested that the name could be one of many versions of the popular name Aivar (in turn loaned from Latvian Aivars, a version of Scandinavian Ivar) [8]
There are references to the name in medieval texts from the 13th to 14th centuries in the Kingdom of Navarre. [9] In later years it has been assimilated as a Basque name, and it has become a popular name for boys in the Basque Country and Navarre. [10]