Álvar

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Álvar is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Swedish Alvar, ultimately from Old Norse.

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 46K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 1.5M
  • ESSpain1 in 132K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Álvar itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,400 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
122 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 46K (inferred from the name graph)

Philippines, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ÁlvarLatin(measured from records)
АльварCyrillic(measured from records)

3 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Alvar in SE Sweden, PH Philippines, US United States and 2 more and Альвар in TR Türkiye.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Álvar: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Álvar
  1. SwedishAlvar(measured from records)
  2. OldNorse(measured from records)

Borrowed from Swedish Alvar, ultimately from Old Norse.

Sources 6

  • A Dictionary of English Surnames
  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
  • Wiktionary
  • Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Álvar counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Álvar is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines≈2,400 est.≈1 in 46K—Alvar46
ES Spain3801 in 132K1.2KAlvar95
TR Türkiye≈240 est.≈1 in 340K—Альвар4
US United States2291 in 1.5M235Alvar122
CL Chile≈86 est.≈1 in 213K1Alvar25
SE Sweden55as Allvar1 in 186K7.6KAlvar16
UY Uruguay191 in 178K19—7

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Álvar is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Philippines, United States, Finland

    Also written Alvar, Al'Var, Àlvar, ÃLvar

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Alvar, Āl̲vār, Àlvar

  • Swedish surname11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, Finland, Norway, United States

    Languages: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish

    Also written Alvar, Al'Var, Àlvar

  • Romanian name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Alvar, Àlvar

  • Turkish surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Philippines

    Also written Alvar, Duzkent, Àlvar, Älvär

  • Polish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Spain, Poland

    Also written Alvar, Al'Var, Àlvar

3 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1000120014001600Álvar Fáñez, b. 1047Álvar Rodríguez Osorio, b. 1220Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, b. 1485

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 3 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Álvar
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)20141—

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Álvar mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Swedish Alvar, ultimately from Old Norse. Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames and A concise dictionary of first names and 4 other sources.
Is Álvar a male or female name?
Álvar is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Álvar have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.4 thousand people named Álvar in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled alvar.
How common is the name Álvar?
In Spain, the national register counted 380 people named Álvar, about 1 in 132 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Álvar”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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