Entry № 7422 · Norse origin

Var Var — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

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Gender

Girl

Origin

Norse

Meaning

"Norse goddess of covenants + sworn oaths"

Syllables

Rank · US 2025

№ 0

First recorded

Ancient (Norse)

The meaning

A name that means "norse goddess of covenants + sworn oaths".

Var is from the Old Norse Vár (pledge, vow) — Norse goddess of contracts and sworn oaths. A modern American baby name in the broader Norse heritage aesthetic. Var is one of the Asynjur goddesses attested in Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda (13th c.) — Gylfaginning chapter 35, where she hears all oaths between lovers and punishes those who break them. Mentioned in the Þrymskviða (Poetic Edda). Foundational figure in pre-Christian Norse marriage rituals as a divine witness to vows.

Featured throughout Norse heritage.

Pledge / vow (Old Norse). Asynjur goddess of covenants + Prose Edda Gylfaginning + Þrymskviða + Norse marriage ritual divine witness.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Vár

Transliteration: Vár
Pronunciation: / vɑːr /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Var stands.

Current rank · 2025

№ 0 in the U.S.

All-time peak

№ 0 in 0

Babies named Var · last year

88 in the U.S.

First entered SSA top-1000

Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular

Namesakes

Vars before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Var (Norse)

Norse goddess of covenants.

Names connected to Var.

Numerology

The number behind Var.

The Humanitarian

Var reduces to nine.

Parents on Var

Why families chose this name.

"Norse vows. Three letters. Var."

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