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English writer and editor (1896–1967)
Joe Randolph Ackerley (4 November 1896 – 4 June 1967) was a British writer and editor. Starting with the BBC the year after its founding in 1927, he was
J._R._Ackerley
Annual award for autobiographies of literary excellence
Ackerley, sister of English author and editor J. R. Ackerley. It was first awarded in 1982. The prize is judged by the trustees of the J. R. Ackerley
Ackerley_Prize
Surname list
footballer J. Christopher Ackerley, American politician J. R. Ackerley (1896–1967), English writer and editor Michelle Ackerley (born 1984), English television
Ackerley
English poet and author (born 1950)
memoirs And When Did You Last See Your Father? (1993), which won the J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography and was made into a drama film of the same title
Blake_Morrison
British writer (born 1954)
was published by Bloomsbury in 2007. Parker's second book Ackerley: The Life of J. R. Ackerley was also published by Constable in the UK in 1989 and by
Peter_Parker_(author)
1931 memoir by J. R. Ackerley
English author J. R. Ackerley. Published by Chatto and Windus in 1932, it is written in the form of (and based on) a journal which Ackerley kept during his
Hindoo_Holiday
1988 British film
Oldman and Alan Bates. It was adapted by Hugh Stoddart from the 1960 J. R. Ackerley novel of the same name. It was produced by Tomasso Jandelli and Cinecom
We_Think_the_World_of_You
Duchess of Westminster (1909–1990)
times a year with presents. The man was Roger Ackerley, who, on his death, left his son, J. R. Ackerley, a letter in which he confessed to being the girls'
Sally Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster
Sally_Grosvenor,_Duchess_of_Westminster
British actor (1937–2017)
played J.R. Ackerley, writer and literary editor of The Listener, in a dramatised biography We Think The World Of You, titled after Ackerley's 1960 novel
Benjamin_Whitrow
Painting by John Singer Sargent
first wife of the fruit importer ("Banana King") Roger Ackerley, father of the writer J. R. Ackerley; she died after two years of marriage. The monochromatic
Lady with the Rose (Charlotte Louise Burckhardt)
Lady_with_the_Rose_(Charlotte_Louise_Burckhardt)
2009 American film
1956 memoir of the same name by J. R. Ackerley, BBC editor, novelist and memoirist. The film tells the story of Ackerley's fifteen-year relationship with
My_Dog_Tulip
Australian comedian (1934–2023)
dozens of recordings. His first autobiography, More Please, won the J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography in 1993. Bizarre. Compilation. London: Elek
Barry_Humphries
English novelist and writer (1879–1970)
wife in his circle, which included J. R. Ackerley, a writer and literary editor of The Listener, the psychologist W. J. H. Sprott, and for a time, the composer
E._M._Forster
First openly homosexual British policeman
Metropolitan Police. Soon after joining the police, he met gay writer J. R. Ackerley and, through him, a number of other literary and artistic figures. Daley
Harry_Daley
Prize originally for Commonwealth residents, awarded 1959–2005
Laurie Lee Cider With Rosie 1961 Nadine Gordimer Friday's Footprint 1962 J. R. Ackerley We Think the World of You 1963 Gabriel Fielding The Birthday King 1964
WH_Smith_Literary_Award
Casual partner of a gay man
ladies, as well as to their performing as partners of men. The novelist J. R. Ackerley wrote in his memoir My Father and Myself that he considered his guardsman
Trade_(gay_slang)
Writer and tournament chess player
as a classic of the memoir genre, and won many awards including the J. R. Ackerley Award for Literary Autobiography. This was the first book in the history
John_Healy_(author)
1964 novel by Waguih Ghali
Diana Athill. After a Funeral. London: Cape, 1986. - winner of the J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography http://www.serpentstail.com/book?id=11001 Archived
Beer_in_the_Snooker_Club
1979 English television film
Father and Myself (1968) by J. R. Ackerley and his half-sister Diana Petre's Secret Orchard (1975). Their father, Roger Ackerley, had had two families for
Secret_Orchards
Playwright list
Achard (1899–1974, France) Herbert Achternbusch (1938–2022, Germany) J. R. Ackerley (1896–1967, England) Rodney Ackland (1908–1991, England) Adam de la
List_of_playwrights
Names Country Death Occupation Notable work J. R. Ackerley United Kingdom 4 June 1967 Writer, editor My Dog Tulip, We Think the World of You Ciro Alegría
2028_in_public_domain
1983 British film
and his younger friend J. R. Ackerley. Both men were homosexual and wrote reminiscences about their time living in India. Ackerley, in Hindoo Holiday (1932)
Heat_and_Dust_(film)
British author (1933–2019)
school system. For his autobiography, Half an Arch, he received the J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography in 2005. He also wrote novels and children's
Jonathan_Gathorne-Hardy
Volume I of Anthony Burgess's autobiography
autobiography, was first published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 1986. It won the J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography. The work describes a period of over 40 years
Little_Wilson_and_Big_God
British editor and archivist (1918–1980)
honour, which he marked "Sonia". Brownell's circle of friends included J. R. Ackerley, W. H. Auden, Francis Bacon, Ivy Compton-Burnett, Michel Leiris, and
Sonia_Orwell
English writers association (founded 1921)
ISDAL. The Ackerley Prize (known as the PEN/Ackerley Prize until 2023, when its association with English PEN ended) is awarded in J. R. Ackerley's memory
English_PEN
British author (born 1948)
Memorial Prize (Best Novel), nominee, The Leper's Companions 2009: J. R. Ackerley Award, winner, The Three of Us 2011: Costa Book Awards (Biography),
Julia_Blackburn
Albanian writer Abutsu-ni (阿仏尼, c. 1222–1283), Japanese nun and poet J. R. Ackerley (1896–1967), English literary editor and biographer Louise-Victorine
List_of_diarists
Written account of a person's life
– United States Whitbread Prize for Best Biography – United Kingdom J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography – United Kingdom Prix Goncourt de la Biographie
Biography
1982) Joe Abercrombie (born 1974), fantasy Paul Ableman (1927–2006) J. R. Ackerley (1896–1967) Peter Ackroyd (born 1949) Hazel Adair (1900–1990) Paul Adam
List_of_English_novelists
District of London
last name: Stefan Abingdon, musician, of the band The Midnight Beast J. R. Ackerley, author and literary editor of The Listener lived at Star and Garter
Putney
British writer and artist (1918–2012)
continuation of it, and almost engulfed me." The memoir was awarded the J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography in 1985. Garnett was the author of a second
Angelica_Garnett
South African writer (1929–2014)
that shaped his way of thinking about the human race. The book won the J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography. The God-Fearer, published in 1992, is a story
Dan_Jacobson
Dann MacDonald J. P. Dabney – Julia Parker Dabney J. P. Donleavy – James Patrick Donleavy J. R. Ackerley – Joe Randolph Ackerley J. R. R. Tolkien – John
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American publishing house
Gallant, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Georges Simenon, Kenneth Fearing, and J. R. Ackerley. Most of the books include an introduction by a writer or literary critic
New_York_Review_Books
Kathy, X-Riot. Retrieved 17 November 2006. Parker, Peter, Ackerley: The Life of J. R. Ackerley, (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1989). "Gerald M.
List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people: A
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England his circle of LGBT friends and acquaintances included: W. J. H. Sprott J. R. Ackerley Christopher Isherwood Siegfried Sassoon Forrest Reid Benjamin
List of Bloomsbury Group people
List_of_Bloomsbury_Group_people
United Kingdom Drama Alan Bates, Gary Oldman, Liz Smith, Max Wall, Frances Barber and Barbara New Based on the novel of the same name by J. R. Ackerley
List of LGBTQ-related films of 1988
List_of_LGBTQ-related_films_of_1988
City in Madhya Pradesh, India
Archived from the original on 22 July 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2026. J. R. Ackerley, Hindoo Holiday, NYRB Classics, ISBN 978-0-940322-25-7 Wikisource has
Chhatarpur
English war poet and writer (1886–1967)
he maintained contact with a circle which included E. M. Forster and J. R. Ackerley. One of his closer friends was the cricketer Dennis Silk who later became
Siegfried_Sassoon
Japanese Army officer
after the Second World War. It won the 1996 NCR Book Award and the J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography. Nagase also wrote a book on his own experiences
Takashi_Nagase
Italian actor (born 1961)
New York by Edoardo Erba, dir. Edoardo Erba The Prisoners of War by J. R. Ackerley, dir. Luca Zingaretti and Fabio Ferrari Line by Al Horowitz, dir. Piero
Luca_Zingaretti
England his circle of LGBT friends and acquaintances included W. J. H. Sprott, J. R. Ackerley, Christopher Isherwood, Siegfried Sassoon, Forrest Reid and Benjamin
Bloomsbury Group in LGBT history
Bloomsbury_Group_in_LGBT_history
Spanish writer
Melville, Thomas De Quincey, Lewis Carroll, Rebecca West, Allen Ginsberg, J.R. Ackerley, Scott Fitzgerald, Dylan Thomas, Edgar Lee Masters, among many others
Andrés_Barba
Magdalene College, Cambridge. M. H. Abrams – literary theorist and critic J. R. Ackerley – writer and poet Michael Adeane, Baron Adeane – Private Secretary to
List of alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge
List_of_alumni_of_Magdalene_College,_Cambridge
Street in Hammersmith, London
inventor of the shotgun cartridge ejector mechanism, was where the writer J. R. Ackerley took up residence in 1925. 7 Hammersmith Terrace was home to the Arts
Hammersmith_Terrace
Private school in Rossall near Fleetwood, Lancashire, England
Eton field game, played on the beach in the harshest winter months. J. R. Ackerley – openly gay author, diarist and memoirist Bill Ashton – founder of
Rossall_School
English writer
diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. She died on 28 April 2016. 2003 J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography for Stranger on a Train: Daydreaming and Smoking
Jenny_Diski
British historian and essayist (1917–1996)
childhood in 1920s-era Tunbridge Wells, Still Life (1983), which won the J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography. This was followed by People and Places and
Richard_Cobb
Alone He Went), was published in 1950. However, it was it was "written by an R.A.F. colleague of Embry's, and thus [does not have] the personal touch of
List_of_autobiographies
Maharaja of Chhatarpur from 1867 to 1932
recommendation, Vishwanath Singh appointed the author J. R. Ackerley as his private secretary in 1923. Ackerley, who only served in the post for five months,
Vishwanath_Singh_(maharaja)
English writer and poet (1893–1959)
bathing boys – a Uranian staple. Poems by Four Authors (1923) with J. R. Ackerley, A. Y. Campbell, and Edward Davison Poems and Sonnets (London, 1924)
Frank_Kendon
expert, founder of the Creative Commons movement, free software advocate J. R. Ackerley (Magdalene) Clive Anderson (Selwyn) Alistair Appleton (Gonville and
List of University of Cambridge people
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Names Country Death Occupation Notable work J. R. Ackerley United Kingdom 4 June 1967 Writer, editor My Dog Tulip, We Think the World of You Ciro Alegría
2018_in_public_domain
Riley, American playwright and screenwriter (died 1974) November 4 – J. R. Ackerley, English literary editor (died 1967) December 23 – Giuseppe Tomasi di
1896_in_literature
British writer and broadcaster
Literature's Ondaatje Prize for evoking the spirit of place and the J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography. He has edited and introduced editions of Richard
Richard_Mabey
English writer
(1985) He Danced with a Chair (2001) The High Path (1982) winner of the J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography The Last of England (1993) The Lion's Cavalcade
Ted_Walker
English novelist and biographer (1938–2016)
Prize of The Global Business Book Award (1998). Precious Lives won the J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography (1999). Forster met the writer, journalist and
Margaret_Forster
Audio Publishers Association award for best history or biography audiobook
Michael Moore Michael Moore Hachette Audio Finalist My Dog Tulip (1956) J. R. Ackerley Ralph Cosham Blackstone Audio Finalist Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior
Audie Award for History or Biography
Audie_Award_for_History_or_Biography
Czech director and artist (1936–2025)
My Dog Tulip, based on the book of the same title by British author J. R. Ackerley, featured the voice talents of Christopher Plummer, Lynn Redgrave, and
Paul_Fierlinger
novelist John Rechy had a similar protagonist, as did My Father and Myself J. R. Ackerley the following year. One scholar, Frederick Luis Aldama, described the
Male sex work in popular culture
Male_sex_work_in_popular_culture
Scottish writer (1951–2020)
be shortlisted for the Saltire Society First Book Award and for the J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography. Originally brought out by Canongate Books,
Jennie_Erdal
(2011) Michael Moore Michael Moore Hachette Audio My Dog Tulip (1956) J. R. Ackerley Ralph Cosham Blackstone Audio Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior and the
Audie Award for Autobiography or Memoir
Audie_Award_for_Autobiography_or_Memoir
British literary editor, novelist and memoirist (1917–2019)
Books, 2001. ISBN 978-1862074545 1986: After a Funeral – winner of the J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography. London: Jonathan Cape. ISBN 978-1847086334
Diana_Athill
Lytton Strachey Radclyffe Hall Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) Joe Randolph "J. R." Ackerley Peter Ackroyd Daniel Tammet Colin MacInnes Daphne du Maurier LGBTQ
List of LGBTQ people from London
List_of_LGBTQ_people_from_London
affecting thousands of lives. Openly homosexual writer Joe Randolph "J. R." Ackerley was commissioned as a second lieutenant and assigned to the 8th Battalion
Timeline of LGBTQ history in the United Kingdom
Timeline_of_LGBTQ_history_in_the_United_Kingdom
South African-British writer (1903–1973)
friends there were Christopher Isherwood, W. H. Auden, E. M. Forster, J. R. Ackerley and Stephen Spender. It was Plomer who introduced Isherwood to Forster
William_Plomer
Vane – Falling Leaves Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz – The Mother (Matka) J. R. Ackerley – The Prisoners of War Arnolt Bronnen – The Bird of Youth (Geburt der
Timeline of twentieth-century theatre
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English author (1903–2003)
Her People: Memories of an Edwardian Childhood (1982), winner of the J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography Where There's Life (1985), All my Days (1988)
Kathleen_Dayus
English novelist (1901–1955)
writing. He made a number of literary friends, including Forrest Reid, J. R. Ackerley, William Plomer, John Lehmann, and E. M. Forster. On Plomer's advice
John_Hampson_(novelist)
from the original on March 26, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020. Napier, Susan J. (December 2005). "Now You See Her, Now You Don't: The Disappearing Shōjo"
List of animated films with LGBTQ characters
List_of_animated_films_with_LGBTQ_characters
English writer and artist (1933–2023)
the Guild of Food Writers (1994–99). He continued as a judge for the J R Ackerley Prize for Autobiography. Colin Spencer died on 6 July 2023, eleven days
Colin_Spencer
English author of children's and other books (born 1884) June 4 – J. R. Ackerley, English journalist (born 1896) June 7 – Dorothy Parker, American humorist
1967_in_literature
British writer and critic
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2006. She is a judge of the J.R. Ackerley Prize. 1989 — Sylvia Townsend Warner, Chatto & Windus/Minerva 2000 —
Claire_Harman_(writer)
British director, editor and photographer
the World of You, which also starred Alan Bates. It was adapted from J. R. Ackerley's novel of the same name. He directed the first two episodes of Kavanagh
Colin_Gregg
Village in Kent, England
known to have been seen by anybody other than Jimmy. The gay writer J. R. Ackerley, in his posthumously published autobiography, speculated that his father
Wickhambreaux
Ally Acker (born 1954, US, f/nf/p) Kathy Acker (1947–1997, US, f/d/nf) J. R. Ackerley (1896–1967, England, nf) Bruce Ackerman (born 1943, US, nf) Dan Ackerman
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American writer (born 1944)
essays and a new introduction, 2008) "My Father and Myself (1968) by J.R. Ackerley" (essay, 50 Gay and Lesbian Books that Everybody Must Read, 2009) "The
Andrew_Holleran
Weekly magazine established by the BBC
1987–1989 Peter Fiddick, 1989–1991 Arts and literary editors included J. R. Ackerley 1935–1959, and Anthony Thwaite. Assistant Editors included Janet Adam
The_Listener_(magazine)
Winston Churchill Young Winston (1972) My Father and Myself (1968), J. R. Ackerley Secret Orchards (1979) My Left Foot (1954), Christy Brown My Left Foot
List of non-fiction works made into feature films
List_of_non-fiction_works_made_into_feature_films
British-Indian writer and educator (1909–2000)
London. With … comments by J.R. Ackerley, Bruce Bain, Beverley Baxter, M.P., Edmund Blunden, Sir Frank Brown, Rt. Hon. R.A Butler, M.P., Admiral of the
G._V._Desani
Bill Manhire, The Elaboration Kendrick Smithyman, Earthquake Weather J. R. Ackerley (died 1967), Micheldever and Other Poems James Aitchison, Sounds Before
1972_in_poetry
poet and critic Paul Ableman (1927–2006), playwright and novelist J. R. Ackerley (1896–1967), autobiographer, novelist and playwright Rodney Ackland
List_of_English_writers_(A–C)
Else Ury – Nesthäkchen With White Hair (Nesthäkchen im weißen Haar) J. R. Ackerley – The Prisoners of War Arnolt Bronnen – The Bird of Youth (Geburt der
1925_in_literature
British novelist (1895–1967)
literary works. He was one of Francis King's two mentors, the other being J. R. Ackerley. Five of his novels with gay themes—The Sensitive One, Birthday Party
C._H._B._Kitchin
The Good Master Laura Ingalls Wilder – Little House on the Prairie J. R. Ackerley – The Prisoners of War Maxwell Anderson – Winterset T. S. Eliot – Murder
1935_in_literature
1981 book
attraction to him: "he was one of those luckless homosexuals, like J. R. Ackerley, who only fall in love with heterosexuals. I was quite fond of him,
A_Better_Class_of_Person
American publisher, author, and film producer (1940–2017)
produced the animated film, My Dog Tulip, a 2011 adaptation of the J. R. Ackerley memoir, written and directed by Paul Fierlinger, which explores the
Howard_Kaminsky
Tolstoy in The Last Station (2009), Arthur Case in Inside Man (2006), and J. Paul Getty in All the Money in the World (2017). Plummer had provided his
Christopher Plummer on screen and stage
Christopher_Plummer_on_screen_and_stage
English academic and writer
Liverpool University Press ISBN 978-1846318894. Long-listed for the J. R. Ackerley prize for autobiography. The truth about William Shakespeare (2012)
David_Ellis_(biographer)
History Boys - nominated 1989 Hawthornden Prize: Talking Heads 2006 J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography: Untold Stories - won 1987 Critics' Circle Film
List of awards and nominations received by Alan Bennett
List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Alan_Bennett
one of Muir's best-known writings. Tulip, J. R. Ackerley's German Shepherd, was the subject of Ackerley's 1956 memoir My Dog Tulip, based on his relationship
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School. J. R. Ackerley – author, editor, and memoirist Leslie Charteris – creator of The Saint J. G. Farrell – novelist and winner of the Booker Prize R. Welldon
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talk show hosts, sorted alphabetically by their surnames. Contents: Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z List of game show hosts
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from the original on February 13, 2015. Retrieved August 29, 2012. "PEN/Ackerley Prize". English PEN. Archived from the original on June 26, 2014. Retrieved
List_of_PEN_literary_awards
Village in Madhya Pradesh, India
University Press. p. 116. "Great Circle Mapper". Retrieved 1 January 2016. J. R. Ackerley, Hindoo Holiday, NYRB Classics, ISBN 978-0-940322-25-7 Wikisource has
Maheba
Scottish poet and critic
Thomas Moult, Brace & co., 1923 Poems by Four Authors (1923) with J. R. Ackerley, A. Y. Campbell, and Frank Kendon Der Ruf (newspaper) 'Edward Davison
Edward_Davison_(poet)
Play by Samuel Beckett
Archived from the original on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017. Ackerley, C. J.; Gontarski, S. E. (2004). The Grove Companion to Samuel Beckett : A
Waiting_for_Godot
Award ceremony for films of 2023
Luciani and David Thion, producers Barbie – David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley, and Robbie Brenner, producers The Holdovers – Mark Johnson, producer Killers
96th_Academy_Awards
British literary critic (1894–1956)
marriage, Neville Braybrooke, also a writer, edited The Letters of J. R. Ackerley (1975) and wrote, with his wife June, Olivia Manning: A Life (2004)
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Norse
Old Norse name probably derived from the word garðr, GERÃR means "enclosure, stronghold." In mythology, this is the name of a frost giantess and wife of Freyr.
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Hungarian
Hungarian name derived from the word tündér, TÜNDÉR means "fairy."
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Norse
Old Norse name composed of the elements folk "people, tribe," and varðr "guard," hence "guardian of the people."
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Hungarian (Sugár) : nickname for a well-built person, from sugár ‘tall’, ‘slim’.Translation of German and Jewish Zucker ‘sugar’.English : nickname from the vocabulary word sugar as a term of affection, or possibly an occupational name for a confectioner or dealer in sugar, although there is no evidence for this in English sources.
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Welsh
Welsh form of Greek Georgios, SIÔR means "earth-worker, farmer."
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Finnish
Finnish myth name of a sprite, possibly TERHENETÄR means "acorn."
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French
French form of German Luitger, LEGÉR means "people-spear."
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Norse
Old Norse name composed of the elements ari "eagle" and viðr "tree," hence "eagle tree."
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Norse
Old Norse name AUÃR means "deeply rich."
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Hungarian
Hungarian form of Greek Baltasar, BOLDIZSÃR means "Ba'al protect the king."
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Icelandic
Icelandic form of Old Norse Hallþórr, HALLDÓR means "Thor's rock."
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Icelandic
Icelandic form of Old Norse Þórr, ÞÓR means "thunder."Â
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Norse
Old Norse name composed of the elements hallr "rock" and varðr "defender, guardian," hence "rock defender."
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Norse
Variant form of Old Norse Sigvarðr, SIGURÃR means "victory guard."Â
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Hungarian
Hungarian form of Old Norse Ãsgeirr, OSZKÃR means "god-spear."
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Portuguese
Portuguese form of Latin Berengarius, BERENGÃR means "bear-spear."
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Variant form of Old Norse ÞorrÃðr, ÞURÃÃR means "Þórr's beauty."
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Variant form of Old Norse SigfrÃðr, SIGRÃÃR means "beautiful victory."
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Irish
Irish and Scottish Gaelic name MÓR means "great."
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Norse
Old Norse name derived from the word frÃðr, FRÃÃR means "peace."
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