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Usage
Old Norse
Icelandic
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Origin and Meaning
1) Old Norse name meaning 'the slow one' [1] [2] [3]
2) Old Norse name meaning 'the hesitating one' [2]
3) Old Norse name meaning 'the sleeping one' [1]
Related Names
Male
Dvalinsson
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Female
Dvalinsdóttir
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Grammar
- Icelandic |
Nominative: |
Dvalinn
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Accusative: |
Dvalin
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Dative: |
Dvalni
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Genitive: |
Dvalins
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Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Norse Mythology
- Dvalinn is the name of a dwarf who is the father of several Norns. He is one of the four smiths who made Freyja's necklace. [1]
- Dvalinn is also the name of one of the four stags who graze in the branches of the world-ash Yggdrasill [1]
Trivia
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
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| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
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Iceland[5] |
|
2 |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Sweden[6] |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Denmark[7] |
|
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
Norway[8] |
|
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
Finland[9] |
|
n.a. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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 Dvalinn.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/