Birger
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Birger is a Scandinavian name from Old Norse, bjarga, meaning "to help, to save, to protect". It is widely used in Norway as Birger but also as Børge. The Swedish variant of Birger would soon evolve into Börje, however, the prior form would remain common, and was not confused with its successor. The Icelandic form is Birgir. Birger is primarily a masculine given name, but can also be found as a surname.
Key facts
- Given name.name
- Birger
- Given name.gender
- Male
- Given name.languageorigin
- Old Norse
- Given name.origin
- Birgir
- Given name.meaning
- "helper", "saviour", "protector"
- Given name.variant forms
- Birgir, Byrgir
- Given name.derivative
- Börje, Børge
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- native label
- Birger
- Soundex
- B626
- Cologne phonetics
- 1747
- Caverphone
- PK1111
- Commons category
- Birger (given name)
- P8168
- Szuhogy
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- Birger
- Given name
- Middle Ages
- Modern world
- Surname
- Birgir
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- References
Birger is a Scandinavian name from Old Norse, bjarga, meaning "to help, to save, to protect". It is widely used in Norway as Birger but also as Børge. The Swedish variant of Birger would soon evolve into Börje, however, the prior form would remain common, and was not confused with its successor. The Icelandic form is Birgir. Birger is primarily a masculine given name, but can also be found as a surname.
==Birger== ===Given name=== ====Middle Ages==== Birger, King of Sweden (1280–1321) Birger Brosa (died 1202), Swedish jarl Birger Gregersson (1383), Archbishop of Uppsala Birger Jarl (1210–1266), Swedish statesman Birger Persson (died 1327), Swedish magnate, knight, privy councillor and Uppland's first lawspeaker