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Kári
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Origin and Meaning
Old Norse variant form of Kárr [1] [2] [3] [4]
Related Names
Patronyms [What's That?]
Male
| Kárason |  
|
Female
| Káradóttir |
|
Grammar
| - Faroese |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Kári |
| Accusative: | Kára |
| Dative: | Kára |
| Genitive: | Kára |
| - Icelandic |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Kári |
| Accusative: | Kára |
| Dative: | Kára |
| Genitive: | Kára |
Name Day
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22 September |
Further Information
- Iceland: Officially approved as a given name [5]
- Faroe Islands: Officially approved as a given name [6]
Predominant Regional Usage
- Norway: Vestlandet, esp. Sunnmøre (Vanylven) and Sogn [1]
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& | |
| Iceland[7] |
  |
786 | 1508 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
 Denmark[8] |
  |
40 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
40 | n.a. |
 Sweden[9] |
|
18 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 39 |
 Norway[10] |
  |
0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
 Finland[11] |
 |
n.a. |
1 | 0 | 0 | n.a. |
1 |
 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. |
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Sources: [13]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
- ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
- ↑ Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
- ↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables