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Alvin

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Usage

Old Danish Old Danish
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish
Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese

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Origin and Meaning

Younger form of different Germanic names. While 1)-3) are combinations of the Germanic name elements ALF and VIN, 4) is a combination of ADAL and VIN:

1) Younger form of the Old Norse name Alfvin [1] [2] [3]

2) Younger form of the Old High German name Albwin [4] [5]

3) Younger form of the Old English name Ælfwine [6] [5]

4) Younger form of the Old High German name Adalwin [1] [4] [3]

Related Names

Ahlvin ♂ Swedish
Alvin ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Faroese Finish Icelandic Norwegian Old Danish Swedish
Alwin ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Finish Norwegian Old Danish Old Swedish Swedish
Alvinius ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Norwegian Swedish

See also Albin, Alvina and Elvin

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Alvinsen Norway
Alvinsson Faroe Islands Iceland Sweden

Female

Alvinsdatter Norway
Alvinsdotter Sweden
Alvinsdóttir Faroe Islands Iceland

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Alvin
Genitive: Alvins
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Alvin
Accusative: Alvin
Dative: Alvini
Genitive: Alvins
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Alvin
Genitive: Alvinin
Partitive: Alvinia
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Alvin
Accusative: Alvin
Dative: Alvini
Genitive: Alvins
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Alvin
Genitive: Alvins
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Alvin
Genitive: Alvins

Name Day

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

9 March

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

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&
Sweden Sweden[10]
5603 6466 4 7 5599 6459
Denmark Denmark[11]
644
n.a.
 1
n.a.
 643
n.a.
Finland Finland[12]
n.a.
 622 0 0
n.a.
 622
Iceland Iceland[13]
14 20
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[14]
3 7
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[15]
608
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
 608
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.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Alvin (m) Sources: [10][11][15][12]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Alvin (m) Sources: [16]


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  6. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
  7. ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  8. ↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
  9. ↑ Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Digi- ja Väestötietovirasto, Digital and Population Data Services Agency, https://nimipalvelu.dvv.fi
  13. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  14. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  16. ↑ details see Name Statistic tables
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