Eivind or Eyvind is a Norwegian

Norway

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 masculine given name

Given name

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 of Norse origin, the meaning being “happy warrior”. The name ranks as the 77th. most common male name in Norway. Eyvind is a lesser used variant of the name. The name Eivind is also used in Denmark

Denmark

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 and Sweden

Sweden

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, and as Eyvindur in Iceland

Iceland

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, but to a lesser extent than in Norway. Other variations of the same name are Øyvind and Even

Even (name)

Even is a Norwegian form of the name Eivind, coming from Norse Eivindr which has its origin in Old Norse words often interpreted as words for "gift" and "winner"...

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Famous people named Eivind/Eyvind

• Eyvind Hellstrøm
  Eyvind Hellstrøm
  Eyvind Hellstrøm is a chef and formerly the part owner of Bagatelle restaurant, a two-Michelin-starred restaurant in the city of Oslo...
  
  , Norwegian chef
• Eivind Reiten
  Eivind Reiten
  Eivind Kristofer Reiten is a Norwegian economist, corporate officer and politician for the Centre Party. He was a Minister of Fisheries and Minister of Petroleum and Energy during the 1980s, before entering a career in business. Reiten served as the Director General of Norsk Hydro between 2001...
  
  , Norwegian economist and former politician
• Eivind Groven
  Eivind Groven
  Eivind Groven was a Norwegian microtonal composer and music-theorist. He was from Telemark and had his background in the folk music of the area.- Biography :...
  
  , Norwegian composer
• Eivind Aarset
  Eivind Aarset
  Eivind Aarset is a Norwegian guitarist who has worked with artists such as Ray Charles, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ute Lemper, Ketil Bjørnstad, Mike Mainieri, Arild Andersen, Abraham Laboriel, Dhafer Youssef and Django Bates and trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer.His style is often associated with that of nu...
  
  , Norwegian guitarist
• Eyvind Johnson
  Eyvind Johnson
  Eyvind Johnson, was a Swedish writer and author. He became a member of the Swedish Academy in 1957 and shared the Nobel Prize in Literature with Harry Martinson in 1974 with the citation: for a narrative art, far-seeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom.Johnson was born Olof Edvin...
  
  , Swedish author
• Eyvind Skeie
  Eyvind Skeie
  Eyvind Skeie is a Norwegian priest and author.Skeie is a trained theologian from the MF Norwegian School of Theology and was ordained in 1974. He was chaplain in Tromsø from 1975 to 1980, then worked for Oslo City Mission from 1980 to 1985, and was chaplain in Oslo Cathedral from 1984 to 1985...
  
  , Norwegian writer

Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Norwegian conductor