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Old Norse name with probably very old Germanic roots and of unknown meaning. Theories include 'wife' or 'bark, bast' [1] [2] [3]
Bestla | ♀ |
|
Bestluson |
Bestludóttir |
- Icelandic | |
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Nominative: | Bestla |
Accusative: | Bestlu |
Dative: | Bestlu |
Genitive: | Bestlu |
Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
Iceland[5] |
|
1 | 4 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Sweden[6] |
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Denmark[7] |
|
0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
Norway[8] |
|
0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
Finland[9] |
|
n.a. |
1 | n.a. |
1 | 0 | 0 |
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. |
No recent statistics trend found in databases for Bestla.