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Old Norse name of uncertain meaning. Theories include:
1) Old Norse forn-jótr = 'old Jutlander' (see also FORN) [1] [2]
2) Old Norse forn-jǫtunn = 'old giant' (see also FORN and jǫtunn) [1]
3) Old Norse for-njótr = 'previous owner' (see also FOR) [1] [2]
4) Old Norse for-njótr = 'destroyer' (see also FOR) [1]
5) Old Norse forn-þjótr = 'old bellower' (see also FORN) [1]
6) Old Norse forn-njótr = 'delighter in sacrifices' [1]
7) Old Norse fjǫr-jǫtunn = 'life-giant' [1]
See also -r
Fornjótr | ♂ |
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Fornjótur | ♂ |
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Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
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| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
Sweden[3] |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Denmark[4] |
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0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
Norway[5] |
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0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
Finland[6] |
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n.a. |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Greenland[7] |
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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 Fornjótr.