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Male Name
Usage
Norwegian
Swedish
Faroese
Danish
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Origin and Meaning
Nordic name
New combination of MAGN and HER [1] [2] [3] [4]
Related Names
See also Magnor
Male
Magnarsson
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Female
Magnarsdóttir
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Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Magnar
|
Genitive: |
Magnars
|
- Faroese |
Nominative: |
Magnar
|
Accusative: |
Magnar
|
Dative: |
Magnari
|
Genitive: |
Magnars
|
- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Magnar
|
Genitive: |
Magnars
|
- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Magnar
|
Genitive: |
Magnars
|
Name Day
Norway
|
29 May
|
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Namesakes
- Magnar Solberg (born 4 February 1937), Norwegian biathlete
Trivia
- Sweden: In January 1973, 30 people were named Magnar (percentage of first or only given name: 27 %) [6]
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
---|
Sweden[7] |
|
28 |
71 |
0 |
0 |
28 |
71 |
Finland[8] |
|
n.a. |
17 |
0 |
0 |
n.a. |
17 |
Denmark[9] |
|
2 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
2 |
n.a. |
Norway[10] |
|
2326 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
2326 |
n.a. |
Greenland[11] |
|
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. |
Recent Statistics Trend
Sources: [7][9][10][8]
Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend
References
- ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn,
http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/