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]

Etymology

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]

History

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]

People with Aimar as first name

People with Aimar as surname

References

  1. Numbers from Spanish Instituto nacional de estadística and Estonian Eesti statistika. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  2. Lilljegren, Joakim (2021): "Namnet Aimar", Ortnamnssällskapets i Uppsala årsskrift, s. 15–20.
  3. Kruken, Kristoffer & Stemshaug, Ola (2013): Norsk personnamnleksikon. Oslo: Samlaget. P. 23.
  4. Seibicke, Wilfried (1996): Historisches deutsches Vornamenbuch Berlin: de Gruyter. Pp. 43–44.
  5. Drosdowski, Günther (1968): Lexikon der Vornamen. Mannheim: Bibliographisches Institut. P. 29
  6. Dauzat, Albert (1951): Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de famille et prénoms de France. Paris: Larousse. P. 4.
  7. Bidegain, Xarles (2007): Izendegia/Nombres vascos. Donostia: Elkar. P. 73.
  8. Rajandi, Edgar (1966): Raamat nimedest. Tallinn: Eesti raamat. Pp. 18–20.
  9. (in Basque) Euskaltzaindiaren izendegiak
  10. "INEbase / Demography and population / Municipal Register / Most common first names and surnames". Ine.es. Retrieved 2013-04-30.
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