Ragnar

Ragnar (Old Norse Ragnarr) is a masculine Germanic given name, composed of the Old Norse elements ragin- "counsel" and hari- "army". The Proto-Germanic forms of the compounds are "ragina" (counsel) and "harjaz" or "hariz" (army). The Old High German form is Raginheri, Reginheri, which gave rise to the modern German form Rainer, the French variant Rainier and the Italian variant Ranieri. The Old English form is "Rægenhere" (attested for example in the name of the son of king Rædwald of East-Anglia). The name also existed among the Franks as "Ragnahar" (recorded as Ragnachar in the book "History of the Franks" by Gregory of Tours).
The name is on record since the 9th century, both in Scandinavia and in the Frankish empire; the form Raginari is recorded in a Vandalic (5th or 6th century) graffito in Carthage.
The name was variously latinized as Raganarius, Reginarius, Ragenarius, Raginerus, Ragnerus, Reginherus. The Scandinavian patronymic form is Ragnarsson.
In the modern period, the name was rarely given before the 1880s. It enjoyed a revival in the late 19th and early 20th century, in connection with national romanticism in Scandinavia. The name is now current as Ragnar in Iceland, Norway Sweden and The Faroe Islands and as Ragner in Denmark. A hypocoristic form used in Sweden is Ragge. The name's popularity in Norway peaked during the 1920s and 1930s, during which time it was given to more than 0.7% of newly born boys, but it has declined ever since the late 1930s, falling below the fraction of 0.1% of given names in the 1970s. The Norwegian statistics office reports 4,652 Norwegian men with the given name in 2015.
In Iceland, the name remains popular, recorded at rank 21 (given to 0.76% of newly born boys) as of 2014. The Icelandic statistics office recorded
1,286 Icelandic men (0.2%) with the given name as of November 2005.

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Scandinavian cognate of Rayner: strong army. Combine of ragin (advice) and hari (army).

Raganarius, Ragnerus, Raginerus

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Ragnar Klavan	1985	Estonian footballer
2	Ragnar Sigurðsson	1986	Icelandic football player
3	Ragnar Þórhallsson	1987	Icelandic singer
4	Ragnar Frisch	1895	Norwegian economist
5	Ragnar Granit	1900	Finnish scientist
6	Ragnar Tørnquist	1970	Norwegian game designer
7	Ragnar Zolberg	1986	Icelandic multi-instrumentalist
8	Ragnar Benson		American writer
9	Ragnar Nurkse	1907	Economist
10	Ragnar Axelsson	1958	Icelandic photojournalist
11	Per Ragnar	1941	Swedish actor
12	Ragnar Skancke	1890	Norwegian politician
13	Ragnar Östberg	1866	Swedish architect
14	Ragnar Bragason	1971	Icelandic film director
15	Ragnar Sohlman	1870	Swedish chemical engineer, manager, civil servant
16	Ragnar Nathanaelsson	1991	Icelandic basketball player
17	Ragnar Nygren	1938
18	Ragnar Skanåker	1934	Swedish sports shooter
19	Ragnar Lassinantti	1915	Swedish politician
20	Ragnar Colvin	1882	Royal Navy admiral
21	Ragnar Garrett	1900	Australian general
22	Ragnar Falck	1905	Swedish actor
23	Ragnar Borgedahl	1949
24	Ragnar Jónasson
25	Ragnar Edenman	1914	Swedish politician
26	Ragnar Sohlman den yngre	1931
27	Ragnar Sandberg	1902	Swedish artist
28	Ragnar Otnes	1959
29	Ragnar Ulfung	1927	Norwegian singer
30	Ragnar Persenius	1952	Swedish bishop
31	Ragnar Bjarnason	1934	Icelandic singer
32	Ragnar Søderlind	1945	Norwegian composer
33	Ragnar Jonsson	1904	Art patron and book publisher
34	Ragnar Th. Sigurdsson	1958	Icelandic photographer
35	Ragnar Söderberg	1900
36	Ragnar Löfstedt	1964	Academic
37	Ragnar Hovland	1952	Norwegian writer
38	Ragnar Kjartansson	1923	Icelandic sculptor
39	Ragnar Niemeijer		Dutch journalist
40	Ragnar Bohlin	1965	Swedish conductor
41	Ragnar Horn	1913	Norwegian politician
42	Ragnar Ulstein	1920	Norwegian politician
43	Ragnar Christiansen	1922	Norwegian politician
44	Ragnar Olson	1880	Equestrian
45	Ragnar Omtvedt	1890	Olympic skier
46	Ragnar Billberg	1899	Swedish architect and actor
47	Ragnar von Holten	1934	Sweden painter
48	Ragnar Sachs	1902
49	Ragnar Lundberg	1924	Athletics competitor
50	Ragnar Margeirsson	1962	Footballer
51	Ragnar Fjørtoft	1913	Meteorologist
52	Ragnar Hult	1857	Finnish botanist
53	Ragnar Kamp	1953	Swedish curler
54	Ragnar Grönvall
55	Ragnar Hvidsten	1926	Norwegian footballer
56	Ragnar Josephson	1891	Swedish art historian and writer
57	Ragnar Wicksell	1892	Swedish footballer
58	Ragnar Malm	1893	Swedish racing cyclist
59	Ragnar Hasselgren	1904	American singer
60	Ragnar Persson	1938
61	Ragnar Bjerkreim	1958	Norwegian composer
62	Ragnar Gustavsson	1907	Swedish footballer
63	Ragnar Solberg	1898	Norwegian poet
64	Ragnar Tveiten	1938	Olympic biathlete
65	Ragnar Arnalds	1938	Icelandic politician
66	Ragnar Bøe Elgsaas	1972	Norwegian fraudster and politician
67	Ragnar Sundquist	1892	American musician
68	Ragnar Widestedt	1887	Swedish actor
69	Ragnar Stoud Platou	1897	Ship broker
70	Ragnar Sellberg	1902
71	Ragnar Magnusson	1901	Swedish athletics competitor
72	Ragnar Hargreaves	1907	Norwegian sailor
73	Ragnar Hjorth	1887	Swedish architect
74	Ragnar Kårhus	1963
75	Ragnar Knoph	1894	Law professor
76	Ragnar Lyth	1944
77	Ragnar Torvik	1965	Norwegian professor
78	Ragnar Kinzelbach	1941	German zoologist
79	Ragnar Frunck	1896
80	Ragnar Heikel	1892
81	Ragnar Tessloff	1921	German author and publisher
82	Ragnar Thorseth	1948	Norwegian writer
83	Ragnar Heurlin	1928	Swedish canoeist
84	Ragge Sunnqvist	1908
85	Ragnar Vold	1906	Norwegian journalist
86	Ragnar Vik	1893	Sailor
87	Ragnar Furuhjelm	1879	Finnish politician and astronomer
88	Ragnar Rump	1991	Footballer
89	Ragnar Hyltén-Cavallius	1885	Swedish actor
90	Ragnar Alm
91	Ragnar Frislid	1926	Norwegian writer and photographer
92	Ragnar Winther	1949	Norwegian mathematician
93	Ragnar Wahlbeck	1899
94	Ragnar Althén	1883
95	Ragnar Aalbu	1966	Norwegian illustrator
96	Ragnar Leivestad	1916	Norwegian theologian
97	Ragnar Johansson	1913	Swedish artist
98	Ragnar Udjus	1933	Norwegian politician
99	Ragnar Wikström	1940	Finnish figure skater
100	Ragnar Person	1905
101	Ragnar Hauge	1947	Norwegian graphic artist
102	Ragnar Fogelmark	1888	Swedish wrestler
103	Ragnar Jändel	1895	Swedish poet
104	Ragnar Heyerdahl	1960	Norwegian musician and composer
105	Ragnar Mattson	1892	Swedish high jumper
106	Ragnar Kalheim	1926	Norwegian politician
107	Ragnar Jansson	1908	Olympic sailer
108	Ragnar Moltzau	1941
109	Ragnar Stare	1884	Sport shooter
110	Ragnar Almén	1949	Norwegian painter
111	Ragnar Andersen	1947	Norwegian priest
112	Ragnar Stenberg	1887	Finnish athlete
113	Ragnar Baartvedt	1921	Norwegian journalist
114	Ragnar Gottfarb	1907	Swedish lawyer (1907-1988)
115	Ragnar Gripe	1883	Swedish yacht racer
116	Ragnar Fagereng	1944	Norwegian jurist
117	Ragnar Haugen	1911	Norwegian boxer
118	Ragnar Søegaard		Norwegian businessman
119	Ragnar Casparsson	1893	Swedish translator, writer and journalist
120	Ragnar Ericzon	1926	Swedish javelin thrower (1926-2010)
121	Ragnar Kreuger	1897	Finnish ornithologist
122	Ragnar Pedersen	1941	Norwegian ethnologist
123	Ragnar Wettre	1864	Norwegian businessman
124	Ragnar Bergstedt	1889	Swedish rower
125	Ragnar Block	1940	Swedish priest
126	Ragnar Fjoran	1945	Norwegian sailor
127	Ragnar Kvam	1917	Norwegian journalist and translator
128	Ragnar Danielsen	1917	Norwegian musician, conductor and composer
129	Ragnar Grippe	1951	Swedish film score composer
130	Ragnar Rygel	1930	Norwegian ice hockey player
131	Ragnar Rylander	1935	Swedish physician
132	Ragnar Dyresen	1950
133	Ragnar Lyng	1953
134	Ragnar Hoen	1940	Norwegian chess player
135	Ragnar Ekelund	1892	Finnish writer, poet, translator and painter
136	Ragnar Ungern	1885	Finnish painter
137	Ragnar Norrby	1943	Swedish physician and professor
138	Ragnar Sveinsson	1994	Icelandic association football player
139	Ragnar Askmark	1914	Swedish priest
140	Ragnar Rykkel	0902
141	Ragnar Holte	1927
142	Ragnar Petri	1921
143	Ragnar Holmström	1894	Swedish writer
144	Sven Erik Ragnar
145	Ragnar Rommetveit	1924	Norwegian psychologist
146	Ragnar Hayn	1978	German luthier and restorer
147	Ragnar Line Auglend	1949	Norwegian judge
148	Ragnar Holm	1879
149	Ragnar Oskarsson	1978	Icelandic handball player
150	Ragnar Schreiner	1915	Norwegian actor
151	Ragnar Svensson	1934	Swedish amateur wrestler
152	Ragnar Ringstad		Norwegian cross-country skier
153	Ragnar Dahlberg	1943
154	Ragnar Blomquist	1954
155	Ragnar Granvik	1910	Finnish politician
156	Ragnar Vigdal	1913
157	Ragnar Sørensen	1915
158	Ragnar Hagen	1908	Norwegian sportsperson
159	Ragnar af Geijerstam	1901	Swedish translator
160	Ragnar Thoursie	1919	Swedish writer
161	Ragnar Thell	1922	Swedish actor
162	Ragnar Bergendal	1890
163	Ragnar Thorén	1895	Swedish photographer
164	Ragnar Lennartsson	1910	Swedish association football player
165	Ragnar Uppman	1929	Swedish architect
166	Ragnar Woxén	1905
167	Ragnar Berg
168	Ragnar Wickström	1892	Finnish association football player
169	Ragnar Jahn	1924	Swedish actor
170	Ragnar Røgeberg	1926	Norwegian musician and conductor
171	Ragnar Pihlstrand	1850	Swedish priest
172	Ragnar Aaby-Ericsson	1887	Swedish politician
173	Ragnar Nilsen	1896	Norwegian architect
174	Ragnar Holmstedt		Footballer
175	Ragnar Christensen	1969	Norwegian journalist and contributing editor
176	Ragnar Lodbrok
177	Ragnar Ullmann	1889	Norwegian philologist (1889-1969)
178	Ragnar Hoppe	1885
179	Ragnar Bengtsson	1910	Swedish writer
180	Ragnar Berlin	1910
181	Ragnar Ekberg	1895
182	Ragnar Lindén	1919	Swedish artist
183	Ragnar Bergheim	1982
184	Ragnar Wiberg	1906
185	Ragnar Olsen	1951	Norwegian politician
186	Ragnar Grimsrud	1902	Norwegian ceramist
187	Ragnar Båge	1887
188	Ragnar Blomqvist	1901
189	Ragnar Stefánsson	1938
190	Ragnar Vogt	1870	Norwegian psychiatrist and professor
191	Ragnar Törnebladh	1833	Swedish translator
192	Ragnar Graeffe	1929	Finnish sprinter
193	Ragnar Ling-Vannerus	1856
194	Ragnar Barnekow	1877	Swedish politician
195	Ragnar Berge	1925	Norwegian association football player
196	Ragnar Rasmussen	1966	Norwegian musician and conductor
197	Ragnar Gustafsson	1890	Finnish architect
198	Ragnar Bergh	1894	Swedish politician
199	Ragnar Vestin	1914
200	Ragnar Sten	1943	Norwegian painter