Baldur

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Usage

Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese
Denmark Danish
Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian

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Origin and Meaning

Icelandic younger form of Baldr (see also -ur) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Related Names

See Baldr

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Baldursson Faroe Islands Iceland

Female

Baldursdóttir Faroe Islands Iceland

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Baldur
Genitive: Baldurs
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Baldur
Accusative: Baldur
Dative: Balduri
Genitive: Baldurs
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Baldur
Accusative: Baldur
Dative: Baldri
Genitive: Baldurs
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Baldur
Genitive: Baldurs
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Baldur
Genitive: Baldurs

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&
Iceland Iceland[8]
784 906
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Denmark Denmark[9]
91
n.a.
0
n.a.
91
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[10]
33 51 0 0 33 51
Finland Finland[11]
n.a.
5 0 0
n.a.
5
Norway Norway[12]
32
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
32
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[13]
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.

 

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Baldur (m) Sources: [14]


References

  1. Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
  2. Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  4. Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
  6. Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  7. Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
  8. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  9. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  10. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  11. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  12. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  13. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  14. details see Name Statistic tables