Efraim

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Male Name

Usage

Old Norse
Old Swedish
Swedish
Finnish
Danish
Norwegian
Greenlandic

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Origin and Meaning

Nordic spelling of Ephraim

Related Names

See Ephraim

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Efraimsen
Efraimsson

Female

Efraimsdatter
Efraimsdotter

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Efraim
Genitive:	Efraims

- Finnish
Nominative:	Efraim
Genitive:	Efraimin
Partitive:	Efraimia

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Efraim
Genitive:	Efraims

- Swedish
Nominative:	Efraim
Genitive:	Efraims

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Sweden: mid-12th century (Skåne)

Strongest Period of Usage

• Norway:
  • 18th - 19th century
  • early 20th century
  • 2000-
• Sweden:
  • 1865-1919
  • 1885-1909

Predominant Regional Usage

• Norway:
  • Troms
• Sweden:
  • Västerbotten (19th century) see map
  • Västergötland (19th century) see map
  • Bohuslän (19th century) see map
  • Västsverige
  • Gotland
  • Östsverige

Trivia

• Sweden: In January 1973, 1,900 people were named Efraim (percentage of first or only given name: 5 %)

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		138	570	0	2	138	568
Finland		n.a.	517	0	0	n.a.	517
Greenland		29	136	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Denmark		17	n.a.	0	n.a.	17	n.a.
Norway		12	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	12	n.a.
Iceland		0	1	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 Efraim (m) in Sweden in the year 1880.