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Female Name
Multiple variants of this name exist: For the Arabic name see Naja 2
Usage
Greenlandic
Danish
Swedish
Norwegian
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Origin and Meaning
Greenlandic name meaning '(a boy's) little sister' [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Related Names
See also
Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Naja
|
Genitive: |
Najas
|
- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Naja
|
Genitive: |
Najas
|
- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Naja
|
Genitive: |
Najas
|
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Trivia
- Naja is one of the main characters in the novel of the Danish author Bernhard Severin Ingemann Kunnuk og Naja - Grønlænderne (1842, English Kunnuk and Naja - the Greenlanders)
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& |
---|
Denmark[6] |
|
3130 |
n.a. |
3130 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
Greenland[7] |
|
199 |
356 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Sweden[8] |
|
64 |
80 |
64 |
80 |
0 |
0 |
Finland[9] |
|
n.a. |
14 |
n.a. |
14 |
0 |
0 |
Iceland[10] |
|
2 |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[11] |
|
33 |
n.a. |
33 |
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: [8][6][11][9]
Top List Ranking
Sources: [12]
References
- ↑ Nuka Møller: Kalaallit aqqi (2015)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Greenland Language Secretariat Oqaasileriffik http://www.oqaasileriffik.gl/kl
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables