Jafet

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Usage

Finland Finnish
Sweden Swedish
Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese
Greenland Greenlandic
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish

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Origin and Meaning

Nordic spelling of Ιαφεθ (Iapheth), which is a Greek form of the Hebrew name יֶפֶת (Yefet):

1) Hebrew יֶפֶת (yefet) = 'enlarged'

2) Hebrew yafaha = 'bright, beautiful' [1]

Related Names

Jaafet
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Jaapetti
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Jaapi
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Jaave
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Jafet
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Danish Faroese Finish Greenlandic Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Jaffe
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Jaffet
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Jahve
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Jahvetti
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Jahvi
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Japo
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See also Jappe, Jaska, Jassi, Vetti

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Jafetsson Faroe Islands Iceland

Female

Jafetsdóttir Faroe Islands Iceland

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Jafet
Genitive: Jafets
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Jafet
Accusative: Jafet
Dative: Jafeti
Genitive: Jafets
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Jafet
Genitive: Jafetin
Partitive: Jafetia
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Jafet
Accusative: Jafet
Dative: Jafeti
Genitive: Jafets
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Jafet
Genitive: Jafets
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Jafet
Genitive: Jafets

Further Information

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&
Finland Finland[4]
n.a.
220 0 0
n.a.
220
Greenland Greenland[5]
14 49
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[6]
19 29 0 0 19 29
Iceland Iceland[7]
17 26
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Denmark Denmark[8]
4
n.a.
0
n.a.
4
n.a.
Norway Norway[9]
7
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
7
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 Jafet.


References

  1. Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  3. Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
  4. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  5. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  6. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  7. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  8. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  9. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no