Rex

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Danish
Norwegian
Finnish
Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

Latin rex = 'king'

Related Names

Rex

♂

See also Rig

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Rexson

Female

Rexdóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Rex
Genitive:	Rex'

- Finnish
Nominative:	Rex
Genitive:	Rexin
Partitive:	Rexiä

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Rex
Accusative:	Rex
Dative:	Rexi
Genitive:	Rex

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Rex
Genitive:	Rex'

- Swedish
Nominative:	Rex
Genitive:	Rex' / Rex

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Denmark: 19th century
• Sweden: 1891
• Norway: 1899 (Kristiania)
• Iceland: Officially approved as a given name on 31 October 2014

Strongest Period of Usage

• Denmark: 1940-1949

Predominant Regional Usage

• Denmark: København

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		151	461	3	12	148	449
Denmark		50	n.a.	0	n.a.	50	n.a.
Finland		n.a.	51	0	0	n.a.	51
Greenland		3	8	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Iceland		2	2	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway		26	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	26	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.

 

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