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1) Norwegian and Swedish dialectal short form of Sigurd (see *Sigvǫrðr) [1] [2] [3]
2) Norwegian dialectal (Nord-Noreg) sjur = 'magpie' (bird, Lat. Pica pica)
Sjur | ♂ |
|
Sjursen |
Sjursdatter |
- Danish | |
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Nominative: | Sjur |
Genitive: | Sjurs |
- Norwegian | |
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Nominative: | Sjur |
Genitive: | Sjurs |
- Swedish | |
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Nominative: | Sjur |
Genitive: | Sjurs |
Norway |
23 December |
In some parts of Norway, Sjur is the name for the devil [3]
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[4] |
|
7 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 20 |
Denmark[5] |
|
6 | n.a. |
1 | n.a. |
5 | n.a. |
Norway[6] |
|
1312 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
1312 | n.a. |
Finland[7] |
|
n.a. |
1 | 0 | 0 | n.a. |
1 |
Greenland[8] |
|
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. |