Erlend

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Male Name

Usage

Norwegian
Danish
Swedish
Finnish

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Origin and Meaning

Younger form of Erlendr

Related Names

See Erlendr

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Erlendsen
Erlendson
Erlendssen
Erlendsson
Erlendsøn

Female

Erlendsdatter
Erlendsdotter

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Erlend
Genitive:	Erlends

- Finnish
Nominative:	Erlend
Genitive:	Erlendin
Partitive:	Erlendiä

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Erlend
Genitive:	Erlends

- Swedish
Nominative:	Erlend
Genitive:	Erlends

Name Day

Norway

14 June

Further Information

Strongest Period of Usage

• Norway: 1980-2000

Predominant Regional Usage

• Norway:
  • Oppland (earlier)
  • Buskerud (earlier)
  • Sogn (earlier)
  • Romsdal (earlier)
  • Hordaland (20th century)
  • Sør-Trøndelag (20th century)

Namesakes

• Erlend Loe (born 24 May 1969), Norwegian novelist, screenwriter and film critic

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		27	43	0	0	27	43
Denmark		30	n.a.	0	n.a.	30	n.a.
Finland		n.a.	46	0	0	n.a.	46
Iceland		1	2	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway		6823	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	6823	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.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

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Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend