Kalmar

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Usage

Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish
Iceland Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

Nordic name of unknown origin and meaning, probably inspired by Kalman (see Colmán) or Kalle and Kolmar [1] [2]

It might also be inspired by the Swedish place name Kalmar in Småland and Uppland but a real connection is unlikely [1] [2]

Related Names

Kalmar
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Danish Finish Icelandic Norwegian
Kalmer
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Finish Norwegian

For female forms see Kalma and Kalmara

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Kalmarsson Iceland

Female

Kalmarsdóttir Iceland

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Kalmar
Genitive: Kalmars
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Kalmar
Genitive: Kalmarin
Partitive: Kalmaria
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Kalmar
Accusative: Kalmar
Dative: Kalmari
Genitive: Kalmars
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Kalmar
Genitive: Kalmars

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Predominant Regional 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&
Finland Finland[4]
n.a.
12 0 0
n.a.
12
Denmark Denmark[5]
5
n.a.
0
n.a.
5
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[6]
2 4
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[7]
0 6 0 4 0 2
Norway Norway[8]
5
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
5
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[9]
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 Kalmar.


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  3. Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  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. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  7. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  8. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  9. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/