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1) Old Norse name meaning 'life protector' [1]
2) Old Norse name meaning 'the careful one' [2]
Andvari | ♂ |
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Andvari is the name of a dwarf mentioned in the Vǫluspá, Reginsmál and in the Þulur
Loki catches Andvari in his net and he has to buy himself free with gold. Andvari then puts a curse on a gold ring. The gold, the ring and the curse connected to it become the motif which bring about the story of the Nibelungs.
Country | Commonness
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& | |
Sweden[3] |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Denmark[4] |
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0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
Norway[5] |
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0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
Finland[6] |
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n.a. |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Greenland[7] |
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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 Andvari.