Ivor

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | 271 words | Copyright

Ivor ♂ Of Scandinavian origin, from an Old Norse personal name, Yherr, derived from ýr ‘yew, bow’ + herr ‘army’. In the 1920s and 30s it came to prominence as the name of the songwriter and actor Ivor Novello (1893–1951).

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