At a Glance: Name: Vidar – Meaning: combines Old Norse words for 'wide' and 'army/host' – Origin: Old Norse – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: VEE-dar
Vidar is an Old Norse boy's name meaning “combines Old Norse words for 'wide' and 'army/host'”. It appears in 6 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Vidar
Meaning: Combines Old Norse words for 'wide' and 'army/host'.
Origin: Old Norse.
A common claim: Vidar means 'wide ruler' Actually: The literal Old Norse roots are 'wide' + 'army,' not 'ruler' -- 'wide ruler' is a traditional loose rendering rather than a literal translation.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Vidar
Phonetic: VEE-dar IPA: /ˈviːdɑːr/
Popularity of Vidar
Vidar doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
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