Sone

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Male Name

Usage

Old Swedish
Swedish
Norwegian

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Origin and Meaning

1) Variant form of Sune (see Suni)

2) Younger form of Sóni (see Suni)

3) Sometimes associated with the Swedish verb sona = 'to expiate'

Related Names

Sone

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Grammar

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Sone
Genitive:	Sones

- Swedish
Nominative:	Sone
Genitive:	Sones

Further Information

Predominant Regional Usage

• Sweden:
  • Skåne (20th century)
  • Blekinge (20th century)
  • Blekinge (19th century) see map
• Norway:
  • Agder (esp. Hægebostad)
  • parts of Vestlandet e.g. Voss and Møre og Romsdal

Strongest Period of Usage

• Norway: until ca 1900

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		48	202	6	13	42	189
Denmark		2	n.a.	1	n.a.	1	n.a.
Finland		n.a.	5	0	0	n.a.	5
Norway		8	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	8	n.a.
Greenland		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.

 

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Sone (m) in Sweden in the year 1880.