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Female Name
This name is used both as a female and a male name. See Berny m for the male version.
Usage
Norwegian
Swedish
Finnish
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Origin and Meaning
Norwegian name
1) New combination of BJÖRN and NY [1]
2) Variant form of Berni (see Berna) [2]
Related Names
See also Benný
Grammar
- Finnish |
Nominative: |
Berny
|
Genitive: |
Bernyn
|
Partitive: |
Bernyä
|
- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Berny
|
Genitive: |
Bernys
|
- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Berny
|
Genitive: |
Bernys
|
Cognates
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Trivia
- Sweden: In January 1973, 26 people were named Berny f (percentage of first or only given name: 65 %) [5]
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[6] |
|
74 |
167 |
9 |
16 |
65 |
151 |
Finland[7] |
|
n.a. |
10 |
n.a. |
5 |
n.a. |
5 |
Denmark[8] |
|
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
Norway[9] |
|
36 |
n.a. |
36 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Greenland[10] |
|
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 Berny.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Judith Ahrholdt: Nordic Names - www.nordicnames.de (2004-2023).
- ↑ Digitalarkivet at arkivverket.no, http://www.arkivverket.no
- ↑ Riksarkivet/SVAR - Svensk arkivinformation: Sveriges befolkning 1910
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
- ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/