Edward

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Usage

Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Iceland Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

English younger form of Eadweard [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Related Names

See Eadweard

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Edwardinpoika Finland
Edwardsen Denmark Norway
Edwardson Sweden
Edwardssen Norway
Edwardsson Iceland Sweden
Edwardsøn Norway

Female

Edwardintytär Finland
Edwardsdatter Denmark Norway
Edwardsdotter Sweden
Edwardsdóttir Iceland

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Edward
Genitive: Edwards
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Edward
Genitive: Edwardin
Partitive: Edwardia
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Edward
Accusative: Edward
Dative: Edward
Genitive: Edwards
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Edward
Genitive: Edwards
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Edward
Genitive: Edwards

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Trivia

  • Sweden: In January 1973, 670 people were named Edward (percentage of first or only given name: 18 %) [8]

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 Sweden[10]
2377 6544 0 28 2377 6516
Finland Finland[11]
n.a.
2685
n.a.
7
n.a.
2678
Denmark Denmark[12]
393
n.a.
0
n.a.
393
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[13]
63 133
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[14]
0 6
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[15]
857
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
857
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.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Edward (m) Sources: [10][12][15][11]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Edward (m) Sources: [16]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Edward (m)

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Edward (m) in Sweden in the year 1880. Swedish Regional Distribution for Edward (m)


References

  1. Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  3. Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  4. 4.0 4.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  5. 5.0 5.1 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  7. Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
  10. 10.0 10.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  11. 11.0 11.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  12. 12.0 12.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  13. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  14. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  15. 15.0 15.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  16. details see Name Statistic tables