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Seth

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Usage

Old Swedish Old Swedish
Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Greenland Greenlandic

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Origin and Meaning

1) Latin form of Σηθ (Seth), a Greek form of the Hebrew name שֵׁת (Shet) = 'placed, appointed, supplanting one' [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

2) Nordic form of Σεθ (Seth), a Greek form of the Egyptian name Setekh = 'pillar, column' [6]

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Seet ♂
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Seeth ♂
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Seeti ♂
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Setti ♂
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Zet ♂ Danish Swedish
Zeth ♂
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See also Eeti

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Seth
Genitive: Seths
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Seth
Genitive: Sethin
Partitive: Sethiä
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Seth
Genitive: Seths
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Seth
Genitive: Seths

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Bible

  • In the Old Testament, Seth was the third son of Adam and Eva

Trivia

  • Sweden: In January 1973, 53 people were named Seth (percentage of first or only given name: 74 %) [7]

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

Please turn your device to landscape orientation for better view of statistics tables and graphs.
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[9]
1094 2722 3 10 1091 2712
Finland Finland[10]
n.a.
 313 0 0
n.a.
 313
Greenland Greenland[11]
27 140
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Denmark Denmark[12]
54
n.a.
 1
n.a.
 53
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[13]
3 6
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[14]
54
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
 54
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 Seth (m) Sources: [9][12][14][10]

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Seth (m) in Sweden in the year 1880. Swedish Regional Distribution for Seth (m)


References

  1. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  5. ↑ Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  6. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Digi- ja Väestötietovirasto, Digital and Population Data Services Agency, https://nimipalvelu.dvv.fi
  11. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  13. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
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