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Hunter

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Usage

Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian

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Origin and Meaning

English name

Transferred use of the surname, which originated as an occupational name, Old English huntia = 'to hunt', hunta = 'one who engages in the chase of game or other wild animals' [1]

Related Names

Hunter ♀/♂
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

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Huntersson Iceland

Female

Huntersdóttir Iceland

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Hunter
Genitive: Hunters
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Hunter
Genitive: Hunterin
Partitive: Hunteria
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Hunter
Accusative: Hunter
Dative: Hunter
Genitive: Hunters
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Hunter
Genitive: Hunters
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Hunter
Genitive: Hunters

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

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 Sweden[3]
30 96 3 9 27 87
Finland Finland[4]
n.a.
 56
n.a.
 6
n.a.
 50
Denmark Denmark[5]
25
n.a.
 3
n.a.
 22
n.a.
Norway Norway[6]
24
n.a.
 4
n.a.
 20
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 Hunter.


References

  1. ↑ P. H. Reaney and R. M. Wilson: Oxford Dictionary of English Surnames (2005)
  2. ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  6. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
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