Birgir
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/pɪrcɪr/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Birgir is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Iceland. Recorded meaning: Literally “helper, saviour”, related to bjarga and birgja.
- ISIceland
- DKDenmark
- SESweden
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Literally “helper, saviour”, related to bjarga and birgja.
Sources 2
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
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)
- Birger Jarlb. 1210SEnot in their usual nameJarl and ruler of Sweden (c.1210–1266)
- Birger, King of Swedenb. 1280SEnot in their usual nameKing of Sweden
- Birgir Ísleifur Gunnarssonb. 1936ISIcelandic politician
- Birgir Sigurðssonb. 1937ISIcelandic writer
- Birgir Borgþórssonb. 1958ISIcelandic weightlifter
- Sigurjón Birgir Sigurðssonb. 1962ISIcelandic writer (1962-)
- Birgir Ármannssonb. 1968ISIcelandic politician
- Curverb. 1976ISnot in their usual nameIcelandic artist and musician
- Birgir Björn Péturssonb. 1986ISIcelandic basketball player (born 1986)
- Birgir Hansenb. 1986ISice hockey player (1986-)
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 16 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IS Iceland | Hagstofa Íslands — Given-name frequency by population (2005) | 2005 | 1K | #26 |
| IS Iceland | Hagstofa — population register names 2023 | 2023 | 1K | #31 |
| IS Iceland | Statistics Iceland — Names (1703–present) | — | 1K | #31 |
| IS Iceland | Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry) | 2026 | 999 | — |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 78 | #9,055 |
| FO Faroe Islands | Hagstova Føroya — Given names, living population (PX-Web, 2024) | — | 68 | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 41 | #15,511 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 40 | #2,730 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 28 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2019 | 25 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2018 | 24 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2017 | 22 | — |
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
- What does the name Birgir mean, and where does it come from?
- Literally “helper, saviour”, related to bjarga and birgja. Recorded by Wiktionary and Nordic Names.
- How do you pronounce Birgir?
- A machine transcription gives /pɪrcɪr/ (IPA) for Icelandic.
- Is Birgir a male or female name?
- Birgir 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 are other forms of the name Birgir?
- In the etymology graph, Birger is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Birgir have the most bearers?
- Birgir is most frequently recorded in Iceland.
What do you want to know about Birgir?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/birgirThe 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, “Birgir”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.