Anker

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Male Name

Usage

Old Danish
Danish
Norwegian
Swedish
Greenlandic

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Origin and Meaning

Danish younger form of Ankarl

Related Names

See Ankarl

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Ankersen
Ankerson
Ankersson
Ankersøn

Female

Ankerdatter
Ankersdatter
Ankersdotter

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Anker
Genitive:	Ankers

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Anker
Genitive:	Ankers

- Swedish
Nominative:	Anker
Genitive:	Ankers

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Denmark: 14th century
  
• Norway: 18th century (until ca. 1945)
  
• Sweden: 1856
  

Strongest Period of Usage

• Denmark: 1910-1929

Predominant Regional Usage

• Norway: Østfold, Vestfold, Telemark
  
• Denmark: Bornholm, Østjylland

Namesakes

• Anker Henrik Jørgensen (13 July 1922 – 20 March 2016), Danish politician

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&
Denmark		2028	n.a.	0	n.a.	2028	n.a.
Sweden		28	244	0	14	28	230
Greenland		3	12	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Finland		n.a.	3	0	0	n.a.	3
Norway		124	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	124	n.a.
Iceland		0	1	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.

 

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend