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Female Name
This name is used both as a female and a male name. See Eir m for the male version.
Usage
Old Norse
Icelandic
Faroese
Norwegian
Swedish
Danish
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Origin and Meaning
Old Norse eir = 'protection', 'help' (see also EIR) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Related Names
For male forms see Eir m
Combinations
For combinations see EIR (name element)
Male
Eirarson
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Female
Eirardóttir
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Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Eir
|
Genitive: |
Eirs
|
- Faroese |
Nominative: |
Eir
|
Accusative: |
Eir
|
Dative: |
Eir
|
Genitive: |
Eirar
|
- Icelandic |
Nominative: |
Eir
|
Accusative: |
Eiri
|
Dative: |
Eiri
|
Genitive: |
Eirar
|
- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Eir
|
Genitive: |
Eirs
|
- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Eir
|
Genitive: |
Eirs
|
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Norse Mythology
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
---|
Iceland[12] |
|
10 |
362 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Sweden[13] |
|
19 |
74 |
19 |
67 |
0 |
7 |
Denmark[14] |
|
6 |
n.a. |
6 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
Finland[15] |
|
n.a. |
10 |
n.a. |
10 |
0 |
0 |
Greenland[16] |
|
0 |
8 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[17] |
|
257 |
n.a. |
249 |
n.a. |
8 |
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. |
Statistics as female name
Recent statistics trend[13][14][17][15]:
Sources: [13] [14] [17] [15]
References
- ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
- ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
- ↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn,
http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
- ↑ Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
- ↑ Lars Magnar Enoksen: Norrøne guder og myter (2008)
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no