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Baldur
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Usage
Icelandic
Faroese
Danish
Swedish
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 |
|
Female
| Baldursdóttir |
|
Grammar
| - Danish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Baldur |
| Genitive: | Baldurs |
| - Faroese |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Baldur |
| Accusative: | Baldur |
| Dative: | Balduri |
| Genitive: | Baldurs |
| - Icelandic |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Baldur |
| Accusative: | Baldur |
| Dative: | Baldri |
| Genitive: | Baldurs |
| - Norwegian |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Baldur |
| Genitive: | Baldurs |
| - Swedish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Baldur |
| Genitive: | Baldurs |
Further Information
- Iceland: Officially approved as a given name [6]
- Faroe Islands: Officially approved as a given name [7]
Earliest Documented Usage
- Norway: 1817 [3]
- Iceland: In the census of 1855 [5]
- Sweden: 19th century [5]
- Denmark: 20th century [5]
Trivia
- Baldur is also used as an Icelandic horse name
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[8] |
  |
784 | 906 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Denmark[9] |
  |
91 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
91 | n.a. |
| Sweden[10] |
 |
33 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 51 |
 Finland[11] |
 |
n.a. |
5 | 0 | 0 | n.a. |
5 |
| Norway[12] |
|
32 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
32 | n.a. |
 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. |
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Sources: [14]
References
- ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
- ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
- ↑ 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/
- ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables