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Glóa

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Female Female Name

Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese

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Origin and Meaning

Old Norse glóa = 'to glow', 'to shine', 'to glitter' [1]

Related Names

Gló ♀
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Icelandic
Glóa ♀
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Faroese Icelandic Old Norse

See also Glói

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Glóuson Faroe Islands Iceland

Female

Glóudóttir Faroe Islands Iceland

Combinations

For combinations see GLO (name element)

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Glóa
Accusative: Glóu
Dative: Glóu
Genitive: Glóu
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Glóa
Accusative: Glóu
Dative: Glóu
Genitive: Glóu

Further Information

  • In old Runic scripts, Glóa is sometimes difficult to distinguish from Kylfa [1]

Earliest Documented Usage

Trivia

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

Please turn your device to landscape orientation for better view of statistics tables and graphs.
Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Iceland Iceland[4]
1 3
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[5]
0 0 0 0 0 0
Denmark Denmark[6]
0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Norway Norway[7]
0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Finland Finland[8]
n.a.
 0 0 0 0 0
Greenland Greenland[9]
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.

 

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Glóa (f) Sources: [10]


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
  2. ↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
  3. ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  4. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  5. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  6. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  7. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  8. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  9. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  10. ↑ details see Name Statistic tables


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