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Male Name
Usage
Norwegian
Danish
Swedish
Finnish
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Origin and Meaning
Younger form of Baldr [1] [2] [3]
Related Names
See Baldr
Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Balder
|
Genitive: |
Balders
|
- Finnish |
Nominative: |
Balder
|
Genitive: |
Balderin
|
Partitive: |
Balderia
|
- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Balder
|
Genitive: |
Balders
|
- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Balder
|
Genitive: |
Balders
|
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Trivia
- Sweden: In January 1973, 11 people were named Balder (percentage of first or only given name: 0 %) [4]
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
---|
Denmark[6] |
|
405 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
405 |
n.a. |
Sweden[7] |
|
104 |
244 |
0 |
0 |
104 |
244 |
Finland[8] |
|
n.a. |
25 |
0 |
0 |
n.a. |
25 |
Norway[9] |
|
361 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
361 |
n.a. |
Greenland[10] |
|
0 |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
#: count of main first name only |
&: count of both main and additional first names |
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |
Recent Statistics Trend
Sources: [7][6][9][8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Elof Hellquist: Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1922)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
- ↑ Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/