Asgeir

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Asgeir is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• Norwegian45%

  a male given name from Old Norse, variant of Åsgeir

  as a word·recorded as Norwegian Nynorsk·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Icelandic16%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Asgeir in Icelandic.

• English13%

  pers. name, Icelandic

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

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

• English given name9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Norway, United Kingdom, Germany

  Languages: English, German

  Also written Ásgeir, Ãsgeir

• a separate given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, United States, Sweden

  Also written Åsgeir, Ásgeir, Ãsgeir

• Spanish given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Spain

  Also written Ásgeir, Ãsgeir

• French given name5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Norway

  Also written Ásgeir, Asgeïr, Ãsgeir

• a separate name3 spellings in the group

  Also written Ásgeir, Åsgeir

• Russian given name7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway

  Also written Асгейр, Ásgeir, Асгеир, Аусгеир, Ãsgeir

32 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.

• Asgeir Dølpladsb. 1932NONorwegian ski jumper
• Asgeir Brekkeb. 1942NONorwegian physicist and professor
• Asgeir Kleppab. 1955NONorwegian association football player
• Asgeir Mamenb. 1955NONorwegian speed skater
• Asgeir Kvalvikb. 1957NONorwegian author
• Asgeir Helgestadb. 1968NONorwegian photographer
• Asgeir Mickelsonb. 1969NONorwegian musician, artist, photographer and music reviewer
• Asgeir Jonssonb. 1970ISIcelandic economist
• Asgeir Borgemoenb. 1971NONorwegian television presenter, actor, musician
• Asgeir Årdalb. 1983NONorwegian cross-country skier

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).

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.

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

What does the name Asgeir mean, and where does it come from?

a male given name from Old Norse, variant of Åsgeir Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

What are other forms of the name Asgeir?

In the etymology graph, Ansgar, Asger and Ansigar are forms of the same name in other languages.

How do you pronounce Asgeir?

It depends on the language: in Norwegian /ɑsɡæɪr/; in Icelandic /asceir/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.

Is Asgeir a male or female name?

Asgeir is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: Norway (SSB).

In which country does Asgeir have the most bearers?

In Norway, the national register counted about 1.1 thousand people named Asgeir, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled asgeir.

Where is Asgeir most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Asgeir is densest in Iceland — about 1 in 435 people — even though Norway holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Asgeir?

In Norway, the national register counted 1,101 people named Asgeir in 2025, about 1 in 5.0 thousand residents.

How common is Asgeir compared with other names?

In Norway, Asgeir is the 589th most common given name of 25,788 given names recorded there.