Desideria

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Female Name

Usage

Swedish
Finnish
Norwegian

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Origin and Meaning

Female form of Desiderius (see also -ia)

Related Names

Desederia	♀
Decideria	♀
Desiderata	♀		Latin
Desideria	♀

See also Dea, Desi, Désirée, Disa

Grammar

- Finnish
Nominative:	Desideria
Genitive:	Desiderian
Partitive:	Desideriaa

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Desideria
Genitive:	Desiderias

- Swedish
Nominative:	Desideria
Genitive:	Desiderias

Name Day

Sweden

23 May

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Sweden: 1811
  
• Norway: 1823

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden:
  • 1865-1919
  • 1885-1909

Predominant Regional Usage

• Sweden:
  • Gotland (19th century) see map
  • Gotland
  • Östsverige

Namesakes

• Desideria Bernadotte, Queen of Sweden and Norway (née Bernhardine Eugénie Désirée Clary, 8 November 1777 – 17 December 1860)

Trivia

• Sweden: In January 1973, 2,312 people were named Desideria (percentage of first or only given name: 2 %)

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&
Sweden		38	739	38	739	0	0
Finland		n.a.	30	n.a.	30	0	0
Denmark		0	n.a.	0	n.a.	0	n.a.
Norway		0	n.a.	0	n.a.	0	n.a.
Greenland		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.

 

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Desideria (f) in Sweden in the year 1880.