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Usage
Old Norse
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Origin and Meaning
Old Norse name meaning 'morning star, beam, morning'
Combination of AUR and VANDILL [1] [2]
Related Names
Further Information
Norse Mythology
- Þórr tells Aurvandill's wife this story: Þórr waded through the river Élivágar coming from the north and carried Aurvandill in a basket on his back. One of his toes peeped out of the basket, froze and broke off. Þórr threw the to into the sky and made a star out of it which is called Aurvandils tá = 'Aurvandill's toe'. [2]
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& |
---|
Sweden[3] |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Denmark[4] |
|
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
Norway[5] |
|
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
Finland[6] |
|
n.a. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Greenland[7] |
|
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 Aurvandill.
References
- ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
- ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/