Loki

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Male Name

Usage

Old Norse
Danish
Swedish
Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

Old Norse name of uncertain meaning:

1) Old Norse lok = 'cover', 'lid', 'end'

2) Old Norse loka = 'to close', 'to lock', 'to end'

3) Old Norse loki = 'loop on a thread'

4) Old Norse lúka = 'to close', 'to lock', 'to end'

Related Names

Loke	♂
Loki	♂

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Lokason

Female

Lokadóttir

Combinations

For combinations see LOK (name element)

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Loki
Genitive:	Lokis

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Loki
Accusative:	Loka
Dative:	Loka
Genitive:	Loka

- Swedish
Nominative:	Loki
Genitive:	Lokis

Further Information

• Iceland: Officially approved as a given name

Norse Mythology

• Loki, one of the Æsir, is the god of mischief and destruction, he was married to Sigyn and they had two sons: Vali and Narfi. He has three children by Angrboða as well: Hel, Fenrir and Miðgarðsormr. His brother is Býleiptr and his mother is Laufey.

Trivia

• Loki is also used as an Icelandic horse name
• Loki was name of the week on Nordic Names in week 3-2021

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		34	51	3	5	31	46
Iceland		14	72	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Denmark		22	n.a.	0	n.a.	22	n.a.
Finland		n.a.	13	0	0	n.a.	13
Norway		8	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	8	n.a.
Greenland		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 Loki.