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Geir is a maculine name commonly given in Norway and in Iceland. It is derived from Old Norse ''geirr'' "spear", a common name element in Germanic names in general, from Proto-Germanic '' *gaizaz'' (whence also Old High German ''gêr'', Old English ''gâr'', Gothic ''gaisu'').〔Latin ''gaesum'', ''gaesus'', Greek was the term for the lance of the Gauls. The Avestan language has ''gaêçu'' "lance bearer" as a likely cognate. The Celtic word is found e.g. in the name of the Gaesatae. Old Irish has ''gae'' "spear". Proto-Germanic '' *gaizaz'' would derive from proto-Indo-European language '' *ghaisos'', although loan from Celtic has also been considered, in which case the PIE form would be '' *gaisos''. The ''Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch'' has '' *g'haisos'' (with a palatal velar aspirate), discounting the Avestan form in favour of (tentatively) comparing Sanskrit ' "projectile". The form ''gaois'' is read in an early Runic inscriptions on the so-called Mos spearhead, dated to the 3rd century, found in Stenkyrka, Gotland. Sven Birger Fredrik Jansson, ''The runes of Sweden'', Bedminster Press, 1962, pp. iii-iv.〕 The popularity of the given name peaked in Norway during the 1950s to 1980s, with above 2% of newly born boys named ''Geir'' during the late 1960s to 1970s. As of 2014, the National statistics office of Norway recorded 22,380 men with the given name, or 0.9% of total male population.〔 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, (ssb.no ).〕 The Old Norse spelling ''Geirr'' is also rarely given (89 individuals in Norway as of 2014).〔 ''Geir'' is also rarely given in Sweden and Denmark.〔 Sweden: ''Det finns 313 män som har förnamnet Geir. Av dessa har 196 namnet Geir som tilltalsnamn.'' (scb.se ) (as of 2014). Denmark: ''Mænd med navnet 'Geir' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Geir」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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