Aimar (name)

Aimar is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, common in mainly the Basque Country and Estonia (with 5,500 resp. 600 name bearers) Aimar is also used as a surname, probably as a result of the name having been used as a patronymic.

Etymology
The name Aimar is a Frankish form of the German name Agimar, composed by agi- (either from age 'reverence, discipline' or egg 'edge') and -mar ('famous'). An alternative interpretation is that the name is composed of the words haim ('home') and hard ('hard').

In Estonia, onomasticians have suggested that the name could be one of many versions of the popular name Aivar (in turn loaned from Latvian Aivars, a version of Scandinavian Ivar)

History
There are references to the name in medieval texts from the 13th to 14th centuries in the Kingdom of Navarre. In later years it has been assimilated as a Basque name, and it has become a popular name for boys in the Basque Country and Navarre.

People with Aimar as first name

 * Aimar Altosaar (born 1959), Estonian sociologist, journalist and politician
 * Hans Aimar Mow Grønvold (1846–1926), Norwegian civil servant
 * Aimar-Charles-Marie de Nicolaï (1747–1794), French writer
 * Aimar Moratalla (born 1987), Spanish football player
 * Aimar Olaizola (born 1979), Spanish pelota player
 * Aimar Sagastibelza (born 1984), Spanish football player
 * Aimar Sher (born 2002), Swedish football player
 * Aimar August Sørenssen (1823–1908), Norwegian politician
 * Aimar V of Limoges (1135–1199), French nobleman

People with Aimar as surname

 * Carlos Aimar (born 1950), Argentinian football player
 * Lucien Aimar (born 1941), French cyclist
 * Pablo Aimar (born 1979), Argentinian football player