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Welsh form of Ivor.
Has been used in Wales for centuries and is particularly popular within the mining communities of the South. Archaic variant of [Ivor], or perhaps a variant of [Ifan]. It was borne by the Welsh historical figure Ifor Bach ("Little Ifor") who may have been based on a folk character known as Little John, which supports the latter etymology. Additionally, Welsh name suffixes vary often; #-or# is a variant of #-on#, and these also differ with local dialects.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ifor_Bach
https://biography.wales/article/s2-WILL-IFO-1881#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=11&manifest=https%3A%2F%2Fdamsssl.llgc.org.uk%2Fiiif%2F2.0%2F1564764%2Fmanifest.json&xywh=528%2C420%2C1730%2C1494
--- Ifor Williams
https://www.wales.com/de/ueber-uns/sprache/das-herz-der-nation
--- Ifor ap Glyn
http://kimkat.org/amryw/1_enwau/enwau_bedydd_cymraeg_geiriadur_1_1265e.htm
--- "a rare example of a Scandinavian name which found its way into Welsh (probably via the Irish-Scandinavians who settled on parts of the west coast of Wales)"
(Information from name #8443 originally submitted by user Ivor Morgan)
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Has been used in Wales for centuries and is particularly popular within the mining communities of the South. Archaic variant of [Ivor], or perhaps a variant of [Ifan]. It was borne by the Welsh historical figure Ifor Bach ("Little Ifor") who may have been based on a folk character known as Little John, which supports the latter etymology. Additionally, Welsh name suffixes vary often; #-or# is a variant of #-on#, and these also differ with local dialects.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ifor_Bach
https://biography.wales/article/s2-WILL-IFO-1881#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=11&manifest=https%3A%2F%2Fdamsssl.llgc.org.uk%2Fiiif%2F2.0%2F1564764%2Fmanifest.json&xywh=528%2C420%2C1730%2C1494 --- Ifor Williams
https://www.wales.com/de/ueber-uns/sprache/das-herz-der-nation --- Ifor ap Glyn
http://kimkat.org/amryw/1_enwau/enwau_bedydd_cymraeg_geiriadur_1_1265e.htm --- "a rare example of a Scandinavian name which found its way into Welsh (probably via the Irish-Scandinavians who settled on parts of the west coast of Wales)"
(Information from name #8443 originally submitted by user Ivor Morgan)