Horst

From Nordic Names - www.nordicnames.de - All rights reserved.

Nameguide note desktop.png

Nameguide note mobile.png

Rate this name:

4.00
(4 votes)



Male Male Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Finland Finnish
Norway Norwegian

Advertisement:


Origin and Meaning

German name

1) Younger form of Horsa [1] [2]

2) Middle Low German horst = 'wood, thicket' [3] [1] [4] [2]

Related Names

Horst
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Danish Finish Norwegian Swedish

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Horst
Genitive: Horsts
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Horst
Genitive: Horstin
Partitive: Horstia
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Horst
Genitive: Horsts
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Horst
Genitive: Horsts

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage


Gnbox image.png The German pronunciation of Horst can be found on our sister site www.germannames.de.

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&
Sweden Sweden[5]
226 461 0 3 226 458
Denmark Denmark[6]
140
n.a.
0
n.a.
140
n.a.
Finland Finland[7]
n.a.
232 0 0
n.a.
232
Iceland Iceland[8]
1 1
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[9]
39
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
39
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[10]
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 Horst.


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  3. Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  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. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  8. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  9. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  10. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/