Aivar
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Aivar is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Estonia than in any other country, where it is the 37th most common given name. Recorded meaning: From Latvian Aivars, a cognate of the English Ivor and Estonian Ivar.
- EEEstonia≈1 in 554(inferred from the name graph)
- RURussia≈1 in 72Kas Айвар
- FIFinland1 in 199K
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 Aivar 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.
- Estonia (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 121 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 554 (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,200 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Estonia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Айвар in RU Russia, FI Finland, KZ Kazakhstan.
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)
From Latvian Aivars, a cognate of the English Ivor and Estonian Ivar.
Sources 1
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Aivar 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EE Estonia | #37 | ≈2,200 est. | ≈1 in 554 | 3.8K | Aivar | 72 |
| RU Russia | — | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 72K | #788 | Айвар | 121 |
| US United States | — | 979as Ivor | 1 in 340K | 940 | Aivar | 59 |
| HR Croatia | — | 815as Ivor | 1 in 5.2K | 1K | — | — |
| GY Guyana | — | 375as Ivor | 1 in 2K | 375 | — | — |
| NL Netherlands | — | 355as Yvar | 1 in 49K | 355 | — | 1 |
| KZ Kazakhstan | — | ≈270 est. | ≈1 in 71K | 175 | Айвар | 30 |
| FI Finland | — | 28 | 1 in 199K | 1K | Айвар | 8 |
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: Statistics Estonia — Ees- ja perekonnanimed (Population Register); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); DZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Bureau of National Statistics — birth registrations; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Aivar Kokkb. 1960EEEstonian politician (born 1960)
- Aivar Riisalub. 1961EEEstonian politician (born 1961)
- Aivar Pohlakb. 1962EEEstonian footballer, coach and sportsperson (born 1962)
- Aivar Lillevereb. 1962EEEstonian football player and football manager (born 1962)
- Aivar Sõerdb. 1964EEEstonian politician (born 1964)
- Aivar Kuusmaab. 1967EEEstonian basketball player and coach (born 1967)
- Aivar Priidelb. 1977EEEstonian footballer (born 1977)
- Aivar Annisteb. 1980EEEstonian footballer (born 1980)
- Aivar Rehemaab. 1982EEEstonian cross-country skier (born 1982)
- Aivar RandEEEstonian actor (fl. 2005)
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 28 sources across 16 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — Ees- ja perekonnanimed (Population Register) | — | 3.8K | #20 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 3.8K | #20 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 1K | #758 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 28 | — |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 10 | #38,609 |
| EE Estonia | Siseministeerium — population register name list 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- 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
- Is Aivar a male or female name?
- Aivar 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.
- What does the name Aivar mean, and where does it come from?
- From Latvian Aivars, a cognate of the English Ivor and Estonian Ivar. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- What are other forms of the name Aivar?
- In the etymology graph, Ivar, Ivor and Iver are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Aivar have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.2 thousand people named Aivar in Estonia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled aivar.
- How common is the name Aivar?
- In Finland, the national register counted 28 people named Aivar, about 1 in 199 thousand residents.
- How common is Aivar compared with other names?
- In Estonia, Aivar is the 37th most common given name of 9,600 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Aivar?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/aivarThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Aivar” — the 37th most common given name in Estonia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.