Nordic Names

Nordic Names

Shams

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Origin and Meaning

Latin spelling of the Arabic name شَمس (Shams) meaning 'sun' [1]

Related Names

Shams ♀/♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Arabic
Shamso ♀
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Somali

See also Samson

Further Information

Shams is a name used among immigrants from Arabic-speaking countries, but is very rarely used in the Nordic countries by people without an immigration background

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 Sweden[2]
317 351 263 277 54 74
Denmark Denmark[3]
38
n.a.
 24
n.a.
 14
n.a.
Finland Finland[4]
n.a.
 54
n.a.
 48
n.a.
 6
Iceland Iceland[5]
1 1
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[6]
42
n.a.
 28
n.a.
 14
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[7]
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.

 

Statistics as female name

Recent statistics trend[2][3][6][4]:Name statistics for Shams (f)

Sources: [2] [3] [6] [4]


References

  1. ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Ordbog over muslimske fornavne i Danmark (2005)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  5. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  7. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
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