Forename Geir

All around the world, Geir (Geir , جير , Geirr , along with others...) is quite a rare male given name. The forename Geir is habitual in Northern Europe, particularly Iceland, where it is quite a common predominantly boy's, but very infrequently feminine name, Norway, where it is quite a common male name, and Sweden, where it is a rare masculine name. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in Norway, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Iceland. Much less frequently, Geir is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Geir

name Geirr, name 盖尔, name גייר, name ゲイル, name جير, name Gair, name Gêne, name Геир, name 给儿, name Geir, name Гейр

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Geir	Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Brazil, Democratic Republic of the Congo
جير	Iraq, Egypt, Yemen, Sudan, Saudi Arabia
Geirr	Norway, United States, Brazil
Геир	Kazakhstan, Russia
Гейр	Kazakhstan, Ukraine
ゲイル	Japan

First names said to be same

Gair, Gêne, גייר, 盖尔, and 给儿

First name Geir in the context

Geir is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Psi , the comics, Supergirl; Gale Hawthorne , the fictional character from The Hunger Games; Gail , character in Sin City; Gale Weathers , the fictional character in the Screen film series, Scream and Gail Leery , the fictional character from the television series Dawson's Creek, among other works.

Notable namesakes

	geir vídalín Bishop of Skálholt and Bishop of Iceland, IS (b. 1761)
	geir zoëga (b. 1830)
	geir t. zoëga Icelandic linguist (1857-1928), IS (b. 1857)
	geir campos Brazilian journalist (1924-1999), BR (b. 1924)
	geir hallgrímsson Prime Minister of Iceland (1925-1990), IS (b. 1925)
	geir sæmundsson (b. 1867)
	geir kjetsaa Norwegian academic (1937-2008), NO (b. 1937)
	geir helljesen Norwegian journalist (b. 1939)
	geir lundestad Norwegian historian and director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, NO (b. 1945)
	geir berdahl Norwegian publisher (b. 1945)
	geir gundersen Norwegian priest (b. 1948)
	geir sverrisson Icelandic Paralympic athlete, IS (b. 1901)
	geir hilmar haarde Icelandic politician and former head of government, IS (b. 1951)
	geir adelsten iversen Norwegian politician (b. 1954)
	geir toskedal Norwegian politician, NO (b. 1954)