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Female Name
This name is used both as a female and a male name. See Alva m for the male version.
Usage
Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Finnish
Icelandic
Faroese
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Origin and Meaning
1) Female form of Alv (see Alf) [1] [2] [3] [4]
2) Female form of Alvar [1] [3] [4]
Related Names
See also Alvia, Alvina
Male
Alvuson
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Ölvuson
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Female
Alvudóttir
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Ölvudóttir
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Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Alva
|
Genitive: |
Alvas
|
- Faroese |
Nominative: |
Alva
|
Accusative: |
Alvu
|
Dative: |
Alvu
|
Genitive: |
Alvu
|
- Finnish |
Nominative: |
Alva
|
Genitive: |
Alvan
|
Partitive: |
Alvaa
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- Icelandic |
Nominative: |
Alva
|
Accusative: |
Ölvu
|
Dative: |
Ölvu
|
Genitive: |
Ölvu
|
- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Alva
|
Genitive: |
Alvas
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- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Alva
|
Genitive: |
Alvas
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Name Days
 Finland (Swedish Language)
|
21 February
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Sweden
|
3 September
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Further Information
Pronunciation
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Namesakes
- Alva Myrdal, 31 January 1902 – 1 February 1986, Swedish sociologist and politician, Nobel laureate
(Peace, 1982)
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
---|
Sweden[10] |
|
14856 |
19059 |
14851 |
19048 |
5 |
11 |
Denmark[11] |
|
958 |
n.a. |
957 |
n.a. |
1 |
n.a. |
Finland[12] |
|
n.a. |
1402 |
n.a. |
1390 |
n.a. |
12 |
Iceland[13] |
|
5 |
15 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[14] |
|
1741 |
n.a. |
1741 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Greenland[15] |
|
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. |
Statistics as female name
Recent statistics trend[10][11][14][12]:
Sources: [10] [11] [14] [12]
Norwegian historic statistics trend[14]:
Swedish Regional Distribution
Regional distribution of Alva (f) in Sweden in the year 1880.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
- ↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn,
http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
- ↑ Per Hedelin: Norstedts svenska uttalslexikon (1997)
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
- ↑ Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/