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Runar

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Usage

Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish

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Origin and Meaning

Nordic name of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include:

1) New combination of RUN and HER [1] [2] [3] [4]

2) Nordic form of Runfhear [1] [3]

Related Names

Runar ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Finish Norwegian Swedish
Rúnar ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Faroese Icelandic
Ryynari ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Finish

See also Runo

Name Days

Norway Norway

2 June

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

15 September

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

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&
Finland Finland[5]
n.a.
 2691 0 0
n.a.
 2691
Sweden Sweden[6]
198 723 0 0 198 723
Denmark Denmark[7]
16
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 16
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[8]
2 2
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[9]
3372
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
 3372
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[10]
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 Runar (m) Sources: [6][7][9][5]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Runar (m)


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  8. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  10. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
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