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Female Name
This name is used both as a female and a male name. See Hagar m for the male version.
Usage
Finnish
Swedish
Danish
Norwegian
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Origin and Meaning
Latin spelling of the Hebrew name הָגָר (Hagar), maybe originally Arabic, meaning
1) 'flight, emigration' [1] [2] [3]
2) 'stone' [4]
Related Names
See also Hajar
Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Hagar
|
Genitive: |
Hagars
|
- Finnish |
Nominative: |
Hagar
|
Genitive: |
Hagarin
|
Partitive: |
Hagaria
|
- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Hagar
|
Genitive: |
Hagars
|
- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Hagar
|
Genitive: |
Hagars
|
Name Day
![Finland (Swedish Language)](https://www.nordicnames.de/img/flags/fi.png) Finland (Swedish Language)
|
17 May
|
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Bible
- Hagar was an Egyptian handmaiden of Sara, the first wife of Abraham. When Sara did not become pregnant, Abraham took Hagar to be his second wife. She gave birth to a son named Ismael, the traditional ancestor of the Arabs.
Namesakes
- Hagar Olsson (16 September 1893 - 21 February 1978), Finnish writer
Trivia
- Sweden: In January 1973, 469 people were named Hagar f (percentage of first or only given name: 57 %) [6]
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& |
---|
Sweden[7] |
|
109 |
229 |
109 |
225 |
0 |
4 |
Finland[8] |
|
n.a. |
406 |
n.a. |
400 |
n.a. |
6 |
Denmark[9] |
|
21 |
n.a. |
20 |
n.a. |
1 |
n.a. |
Iceland[10] |
|
1 |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[11] |
|
17 |
n.a. |
17 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Greenland[12] |
|
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. |
No recent statistics trend found in databases for Hagar.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Ordbog over muslimske fornavne i Danmark (2005)
- ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
- ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/