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Þorri
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Origin and Meaning
Old Norse name of a month (from the middle of January - middle of February).
Old Norse þorri = 'dry one', þurr = 'dry' [1] [2]
Related Names
| Torre | ♂ |   |
 
|
| Þorri | ♂ |   |
 
|
Patronyms [What's That?]
Male
| Þorrason |
|
Female
| Þorradóttir |
|
Grammar
| - Icelandic |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Þorri |
| Accusative: | Þorra |
| Dative: | Þorra |
| Genitive: | Þorra |
Further Information
Norse Mythology
- Þorri was the name of the king of Kvenland (the region of today's Norrbotten in Sweden and Pohjanmaa in Finland). He was the son of Snær and had three sisters Mjǫll, Fǫnn and Drífa. He had two sons, Nórr and Górr and a daughter Gói.
Trivia
- Þorri is also used as an Icelandic horse name
Statistics
Name Count per Country (What's this?)
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| 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[4] |
|
57 | 204 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Sweden[5] |
  |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Denmark[6] |
|
0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
| Norway[7] |
|
0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
 Finland[8] |
|
n.a. |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Greenland[9] |
|
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. |
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No recent statistics trend found in databases for Þorri.
References
- ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
- ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/