Reidar
Reidar is a Scandinavian male given name of Old Norse origins. As of 2013, there are 6,850 people with this name in Norway, 1,519 in Sweden and 108 in Finland. In Estonia there are 5 Reidars and in Italy there's only one. The namesday is July 28 in Norway and May 9 in Sweden. The name Reidar, "hreidr" + "arr" means home and warrior.
- Norwegian
Meaning & Origin of Reidar
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Reidar is a Scandinavian male given name of Old Norse origins. As of 2013, there are 6,850 people with this name in Norway, 1,519 in Sweden and 108 in Finland. In Estonia there are 5 Reidars and in Italy there's only one. The namesday is July 28 in Norway and May 9 in Sweden. The name Reidar, "hreidr" + "arr" means home and warrior.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Norwegian
The Story of Reidar
Reidar first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1915, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1915: 6 births, good for #3,392 nationwide. About 69% of every Reidar on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Reidar last appeared in the published SSA data in 1994, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 16 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Notable people named Reidar
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- Reidar Alveberg (1916–2004), Norwegian bobsledder
- Reidar Andersen , Norwegian ski jumper
- Reidar Åsgård , Norwegian politician
- Reidar Aulie , Norwegian artist
- Reidar Berg , Norwegian bobsledder
- Reidar Børjeson , Norwegian figure skater
- Reidar Carlsen , Norwegian politician
- Reidar Eide , Norwegian motorcyclist
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About the name Reidar
Reidar is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 16 births in the dataset. Reidar's peak popularity came in 1915 when it ranked #3,392. Use the chart and map above to compare Reidar's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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