Nordic Names

Nordic Names

Boas

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Usage

Denmark Danish
Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Faroe Islands Faroese
Greenland Greenlandic

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Origin and Meaning

Nordic spelling of the Hebrew name בֹּעַז (Bo'as)

1) meaning 'swiftness' [1] [2]

2) meaning 'power is in him' [2] [3] [4]

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Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Boasarson Faroe Islands
Boasen Norway
Boassen Denmark Norway
Boasson Faroe Islands Norway

Female

Boasardóttir Faroe Islands
Boasdatter Denmark Norway
Boasdóttir Faroe Islands

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Boas
Genitive: Boas'
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Boas
Accusative: Boas
Dative: Boasi
Genitive: Boasar
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Boas
Genitive: Boas'
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Boas
Genitive: Boas' / Boas

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Bible

  • In the Old Testament Boas is the husband of Rut

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&
Greenland Greenland[6]
16 95
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Denmark Denmark[7]
48
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 48
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[8]
14 27 0 0 14 27
Finland Finland[9]
n.a.
 4 0 0
n.a.
 4
Norway Norway[10]
30
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
 30
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 Boas (m) Sources: [11]


References

  1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  4. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  5. ↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
  6. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  7. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  8. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  9. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  10. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  11. ↑ details see Name Statistic tables
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