Alvar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AL-var
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Alvar is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “elf warrior”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Alvar mean?
Germanic: Swedish Alvar, from Old Norse Alfarr; also an old Spanish form of Alvaro
“elf warrior”
Borne by the Finnish architect Alvar Aalto and the Spanish explorer Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca.
Is Alvar a girl's or a boy's name?
Alvar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alvar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Alvar, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 5 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Alvar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
Names like Alvar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rupert, Luca, Cruz, Arlo, Omar, Albert, Ezra, Milo, Alfred, Victor, Hector, Crue
Names related to Alvar
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alvar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alvar, updated 20 October 2026.