Nordic Names

Nordic Names

Magnar

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Usage

Norway Norwegian
Sweden Swedish
Faroe Islands Faroese
Denmark Danish

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Origin and Meaning

Nordic name

New combination of MAGN and HER [1] [2] [3] [4]

Related Names

Magnar ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Faroese Norwegian Swedish
Magner ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Norwegian Swedish

See also Magnor

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Magnarsson Faroe Islands

Female

Magnarsdóttir Faroe Islands

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Magnar
Genitive: Magnars
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Magnar
Accusative: Magnar
Dative: Magnari
Genitive: Magnars
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Magnar
Genitive: Magnars
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Magnar
Genitive: Magnars

Name Day

Norway 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

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 Sweden[7]
28 71 0 0 28 71
Finland Finland[8]
n.a.
 17 0 0
n.a.
 17
Denmark Denmark[9]
2
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 2
n.a.
Norway Norway[10]
2326
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
 2326
n.a.
Greenland 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

Name statistics for Magnar (m) Sources: [7][9][10][8]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Magnar (m)


References

  1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  5. ↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Digi- ja Väestötietovirasto, Digital and Population Data Services Agency, https://nimipalvelu.dvv.fi
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  11. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
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