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Latin spelling of the Greek name Ιρις (Iris)
Greek ἴρις (iris) = 'rainbow' [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10], originally from Greek eírein = 'to speak', 'to say' [10]
The name is often associated with the membrane in the eye and the genus of flowering plants which derive their names from the same Greek source. [4] [2] [3] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Rainbow on the Faroe Islands Image by Erik Christensen,[11] License: Creative Commons, CC-BY-SA |
Iikku | ♀ |
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Iiri | ♀ |
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Iiris | ♀ |
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Iris | ♀ |
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Íris | ♀ |
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Irisarson |
Irisardóttir |
- Danish | |
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Nominative: | Iris |
Genitive: | Iris' |
- Faroese | |
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Nominative: | Iris |
Accusative: | Iris |
Dative: | Iris |
Genitive: | Irisar |
- Finnish | |
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Nominative: | Iris |
Genitive: | Iriksen |
Partitive: | Iristä |
- Icelandic | |
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Nominative: | Iris |
Accusative: | Irisi |
Dative: | Irisi |
Genitive: | Irisar |
- Norwegian | |
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Nominative: | Iris |
Genitive: | Iris' |
- Swedish | |
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Nominative: | Iris |
Genitive: | Iris' / Iris |
Faroe Islands |
24 May |
Norway |
24 May |
Finland (Swedish Language) |
14 November |
Sweden |
10 February |
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[15] |
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6325 | 12407 | 6315 | 12389 | 10 | 18 |
Finland[16] |
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n.a. |
4860 | n.a. |
4860 | 0 | 0 |
Denmark[17] |
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1070 | n.a. |
1068 | n.a. |
2 | n.a. |
Iceland[18] |
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13 | 19 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Greenland[19] |
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5 | 8 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[20] |
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1779 | n.a. |
1779 | 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. |
Sources: [21]