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Ares

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Usage

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

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Origin and Meaning

1) Latin spelling of the Greek name Αρης (Ares) of uncertain meaning [1] [2]

Theories include:

a) Related to Greek ἀνήρ (anēr) = 'man' [3]

b) Related to Greek aretē = 'excellence', 'manhood' [3]

c) Related to Greek αρη (are) = 'bane, ruin' [4]

d) Related to Greek αρσην (arsen) = 'male' [4]

2) Dutch short form of Arianus [1]

Related Names

Ares ♂
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 Swedish
Aris ♂
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 Swedish

See also Arius

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Aresarson Faroe Islands Iceland
Aresson Faroe Islands

Female

Aresardóttir Faroe Islands Iceland
Aresdóttir Faroe Islands

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Ares
Genitive: Ares'
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Ares
Accusative: Ares
Dative: Ares
Genitive: Ares
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Ares
Genitive: Areksen
Partitive: Aresta
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Ares
Accusative: Ares
Dative: Ares
Genitive: Aresar
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Ares
Genitive: Ares'
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Ares
Genitive: Ares'

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Trivia

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[7]
55 86 0 0 55 86
Finland Finland[8]
n.a.
 36 0 0
n.a.
 36
Denmark Denmark[9]
15
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 15
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[10]
5 14
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[11]
36
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
 36
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[12]
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 Ares.


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  2. ↑ Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Adrian Room: Brewer's Dictionary of Names (1992)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Mike Campbell: Behind the name http://www.behindthename.com
  5. ↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
  6. ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  7. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  8. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  9. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  10. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  11. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  12. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
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