Abner

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Male Name

Usage

Finnish
Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

Latin form of Αβεννηρ (Abenner), a Greek form of 'אַבְנֵר (`Avner)', a Hebrew name meaning 'father of the light'

Related Names

Abner

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Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Abnerinpoika
Abnersson

Female

Abnerintytär
Abnersdotter
Abnersdóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Abner
Genitive:	Abners

- Finnish
Nominative:	Abner
Genitive:	Abnerin
Partitive:	Abneria

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Abner
Accusative:	Abner
Dative:	Abner
Genitive:	Abners

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Abner
Genitive:	Abners

- Swedish
Nominative:	Abner
Genitive:	Abners

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Iceland: 1870

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden: 1900-1919

Predominant Regional Usage

• Sweden: Nordsverige

Trivia

• Sweden: In January 1973, 31 people were named Abner (percentage of first or only given name: 26 %)

Bible

Abner was Saul's cousin and the commander of his army in the Old Testament. After he killed Asahel he was slain by Asahel's brother Joab.

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&
Finland		n.a.	118	0	0	n.a.	118
Sweden		13	31	0	0	13	31
Denmark		5	n.a.	0	n.a.	5	n.a.
Norway		6	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	6	n.a.
Greenland		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 Abner.