Gissur
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/cɪsʏr/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Gissur is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Iceland. Recorded meaning: From Old Norse Gizurr.
- ISIceland
- NONorway
- 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)
From Old Norse Gizurr.
Sources 2
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
- ISIceland
- USUnited States
- SESweden
- NONorway
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)
- Gissur Teitssonb. 940Icelandic nobleman
- Gissur Ísleifssonb. 1042ISIcelandic priest
- Gissur Einarssonb. 1512ISIcelandic bishop
- Gizurnot in their usual namefictional character
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 7 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IS Iceland | Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry) | 2026 | 59 | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 2 | #58,806 |
| FO Faroe Islands | Hagstova Føroya — Given names, living population (PX-Web, 2024) | — | 2 | — |
| FO Faroe Islands | Fólkanavnalistin — official advisory list of given names (Navnanevndin) | — | — | — |
| IS Iceland | Mannanafnaskrá — official register of approved personal names | — | — | — |
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 Gissur mean, and where does it come from?
- From Old Norse Gizurr. Recorded by Wiktionary and Nordic Names.
- How do you pronounce Gissur?
- A machine transcription gives /cɪsʏr/ (IPA) for Icelandic.
- Is Gissur a male or female name?
- Gissur 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 Gissur have the most bearers?
- Gissur is most frequently recorded in Iceland.
What do you want to know about Gissur?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gissurThe 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, “Gissur”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.