Torgeir

From Old Norse Þorgeirr.

Torgeir m

1. a male given name

Patronymics

• son of Torgeir: Torgeirsson
• daughter of Torgeir: Torgeirsdóttir

• Targeir (Tarjei, Tarjer), Tørjer, Terjer, Terje

From Old Norse Þorgeirr, from Þórr (“Thor”) or þórr (“thunder”) +‎ geirr (“spear”). Cognate with Faroese Torgeir, Icelandic Þorgeir, and Swedish and Danish Torger.

• IPA^(key): /²torjɛɪr/, (regional) /²torjɛɪ/, /²torjə(r)/
• (newer, from written form) IPA^(key): /²torɡɛɪr/

Torgeir m (definite Torgeiren)

1. a male given name from Old Norse, feminine equivalent Torgeira

• tor (“thunder”), Tor
• geir (“spear”)

• Eivind Vågslid (1988) “Torgeir”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN