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Usage
Old Norse
Old Danish
Icelandic
Faroese
Danish
Swedish
Norwegian
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Origin and Meaning
Old Norse form of the Gothic name Attila [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
In the Nordic countries, the name has sometimes been associated with the vocabulary word atall = 'violent', 'wild' [1] [2] [4] [9] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Related Names
See Attila
Male
Atlason
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Female
Atladóttir
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Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Atli
|
Genitive: |
Atlis
|
- Faroese |
Nominative: |
Atli
|
Accusative: |
Atla
|
Dative: |
Atla
|
Genitive: |
Atla
|
- Icelandic |
Nominative: |
Atli
|
Accusative: |
Atla
|
Dative: |
Atla
|
Genitive: |
Atla
|
- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Atli
|
Genitive: |
Atlis
|
- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Atli
|
Genitive: |
Atlis
|
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Norse Mythology
- A name for heroes and kings in heroic poetry. In the Þulur, Atli is also listed, however, as a name for Þórr [6]
Namesakes
Trivia
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
---|
Iceland[12] |
|
829 |
1462 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Denmark[13] |
|
67 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
67 |
n.a. |
Sweden[14] |
|
31 |
55 |
0 |
2 |
31 |
53 |
Greenland[15] |
|
3 |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Finland[16] |
|
n.a. |
4 |
0 |
0 |
n.a. |
4 |
Norway[17] |
|
28 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
28 |
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. |
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Sources: [18]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
- ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Inger Lautin (Red.): Hva skal barnet hete? (1993)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
- ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
- ↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn,
http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables