Hein

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Male Male Name

Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Sweden Swedish

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Origin and Meaning

1) Old Norse variant spelling of Hæin [1]

2) Norwegian younger form of Heðinn [2] [3]

3) Low German variant form of Heine [2] [3]

Related Names

Hein
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Danish Norwegian Old Norse Swedish

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Hein
Genitive: Heins
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Hein
Genitive: Heins
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Hein
Genitive: Heins

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

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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&
Denmark Denmark[4]
23
n.a.
0
n.a.
23
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[5]
6 20 0 0 6 20
Finland Finland[6]
n.a.
9 0 0
n.a.
9
Norway Norway[7]
192
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
192
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[8]
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 Hein.


References

  1. Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  4. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  6. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  7. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  8. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/