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Usage
Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Finnish
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Origin and Meaning
German variant form of Rodger (see Hruodgêr) which also was used in Northern France in mediaeval times. The Normans brought this name to England where it supported the English cognate Hrōðgār [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Related Names
See also Rogert, Royer
Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Roger
|
Genitive: |
Rogers
|
- Finnish |
Nominative: |
Roger
|
Genitive: |
Rogerin
|
Partitive: |
Rogeria
|
- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Roger
|
Genitive: |
Rogers
|
- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Roger
|
Genitive: |
Rogers
|
Name Days
Norway
|
4 January
|
 Finland (Swedish Language)
|
30 September
|
Sweden
|
2 June
|
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Namesakes
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[8] |
|
18570 |
37760 |
0 |
13 |
18570 |
37747 |
Finland[9] |
|
n.a. |
2808 |
0 |
0 |
n.a. |
2808 |
Denmark[10] |
|
179 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
179 |
n.a. |
Iceland[11] |
|
8 |
18 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Greenland[12] |
|
0 |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[13] |
|
8685 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
8685 |
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][10][13][9]
Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend
References
- ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
- ↑ Rosa und Volker Kohlheim: Duden Lexikon der Vornamen (1998)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no