Girl called Einherjar?

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It's a n
Norse naming meaning "he who fights alone" pronounced Ane save without the s)- hair-yar.
What do you think? Looking for something strong and unusual.

She would end up as Anne completely annihilating your purpose in calling her that - lol

@Pantsomime

Sorry thought this was a wind up- trying to pronounce it from your post title it sounded - in English - like Vagina

I also thought it was a wind up and even laughed when I read the heading.

I don't like it personally even with the explanations of how to pronounce it I still can't work it out.
However names are personal to everyone so if you like it then go for it!

Are you Scandinavian? If so, you might have a reason for getting away with it - although all your Scandinavian mates will know you've given a girl a man's name.

Einheri is marginally better, but apparently it's still a man's name.

"He who fights alone" will always be a man's name.

@PattyPan

Definitely not. Not a positive meaning and very weird if you don’t have the cultural connection. What about Freya, Agneta, Astrid, Hilda?

My daughter is called Astrid and it gets complimented all the time. Ingrid is also lovely, if leaning towards Norse/Scandinavian names.

I also read it as In Her Jar and sniggered. Just no!

@LunaNorth

Hormones, eh?

Buggers, aren’t they?

@movingonup20

It's bad enough having to spell my ordinary English name every time because people can't spell!

This^ I have spent years spelling a perfectly normal name and correcting the pronunciation please don't do this to your child.

It's a bold choice OP. While I like the idea of a name which suggests resilience and bravery I think this one is going to cause your DD lots of pronunciation and explanation issues for English speakers and lots of gender confused responses from Norwegians or Icelanders.
Have you considered going classical? Artemis/Diana was the Greek/Roman goddess of hunting and women in childbirth ( pretty good gifts for a woman!) and Athena/Minerva was goddess of War, wisdom and homecrafts.

@Laquila

Also you might like Hedda or Hester?

My mind went straight to Hedda Gabler which I don’t think is a great association

Just to repeat myself in case people have not read the whole thread.

It's not 'he who fights alone' , it's 'THEY who fight...'
It's a PLURAL word, for a large number of dead warriors.

And the 'fighting alone' does not mean fighting as a lone heroes - not least, because the word is the name for a group of warriors. One possible explanation for it is here:

"The name “those who fight alone” is confusing, since nowhere in the sources do the einherjar fight alone (that is, in single combat) in any significant context. Philologist Rudolf Simek speculates that the name may be derived from an older root that meant “those who belong to an army,”[7] which would make more sense."
(source: norse-mythology.org/the-einherjar/ )

The singular word - for just one warrior, a member of that group - is Einheri.

The -yar at the end isn't working for me, especially for a girl's name but in general too. It sounds an interesting name but maybe because I'm not used to names like this but it's not coming together well as I say it.

If you really want an undead name Dracula is due a revival and sounds quite feminine with the ah sound at the end. Historically a male character but quite flamboyant with the capes etc. Could be a winner?

Sorry op , but no I can't even pronounce it, even after you trying to explain it over 3 posts

Hmm are you in the UK or elsewhere ?
What if you have more children- will the siblings have similar names?
You could be looking at a whole Marvel Universe of Gods.
'Oohh Thor don't hit your sister like that with Moljenar.'

Also is your surname exotic enough to carry it off- tagging Smith on it etc might be a bit much.

She will spend her entire life being called “In Her Jar”, or Jar Jar, or have it made to sound like vagina. Really not sure it’s a goer.

Wait till she is a teenager, it will be “in her gyna” jokes. Please don’t do it!

No, especially if you have no Norse connections. Sounds like it's a traditionalally masculine name, hard to spell and pronounce. Reading how you've described the pronunciation and saying it out loud, and it sounds like 'inertia' to me.

No! Why saddle your child with a name that virtually nobody will be able to spell or pronounce correctly. Very bad idea, and a pain in the arse for the child as they grow up grappling with that.

Sorry, it sounds ridiculous.

No , it looks like In Her Jar.

I really don't like that. There's so many lovely names available. Don't saddle your daughter with that one.

Furthermore, Topseyt why give a girl a name that means 'band of dead warriors who spend each night coming alive again and drinking until they fight and die once and for all at the End of the World'? Because that is how the Einherjar are described in the original sources (the Icelandic Sagas).

@Somethingvague

I read this as 'in her jar'. Lots of other lovely norse/Scandinavian names out there.

Me too.

It’s a No from me, and I usually love Scandinavian names.

Sorry but that just might be the worst name I've ever seen on the baby names board. Sounds awful and impossible to pronounce

In her jar? No.
Also from your follow ups habe go through song “hey ya” stuck in my head.