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/