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Female Name
This name is used both as a female and a male name. See Randi m for the male version.
Usage
Norwegian
Danish
Swedish
Finnish
Faroese
Greenlandic
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Origin and Meaning
1) Younger Norwegian short form of Randid (see Ragndid) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
2) Pet form (English) of Miranda [6]
Related Names
See also Randa, Randine
For male forms see Randar
Male
Randiarson
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Female
Randiardóttir
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Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Randi
|
Genitive: |
Randis
|
- Faroese |
Nominative: |
Randi
|
Accusative: |
Randi
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Dative: |
Randi
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Genitive: |
Randiar
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- Finnish |
Nominative: |
Randi
|
Genitive: |
Randin
|
Partitive: |
Randia
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- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Randi
|
Genitive: |
Randis
|
- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Randi
|
Genitive: |
Randis
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Name Days
Faroe Islands
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12 February
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Norway
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12 February
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Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Namesakes
- Randi Bratteli (née Larssen, 17 September 1924 – 9 December 2002), Norwegian journalist
Trivia
- Sweden: In January 1973, 496 people were named Randi f (percentage of first or only given name: 80 %) [9]
Statistics
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Country | 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& |
---|
Denmark[11] |
|
4188 |
n.a. |
4188 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
Sweden[12] |
|
384 |
604 |
365 |
582 |
19 |
22 |
Greenland[13] |
|
43 |
55 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Finland[14] |
|
n.a. |
36 |
n.a. |
33 |
n.a. |
3 |
Iceland[15] |
|
5 |
5 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[16] |
|
15507 |
n.a. |
15507 |
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. |
Statistics as female name
Recent statistics trend[12][11][16][14]:
Sources: [12] [11] [16] [14]
Norwegian historic statistics trend[16]:
References
- ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
- ↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn,
http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, census of 2011, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
- ↑ Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no