Týr

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Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Iceland Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

The Old Norse god name Týr derives from the Ancient Germanic word *Tíuz meaning 'god' (see also TYR)

Related Names

Thyr
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Thyre
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Ty
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Danish Finish Norwegian Swedish
Tyr
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Týr
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Icelandic Old Norse
Tyre
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Týri Icelandic
Týrur
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Faroese

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Týsson Iceland

Female

Týsdóttir Iceland

Combinations

For combinations see TYR (name element)

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Týr
Accusative:
Dative:
Genitive: Týs

Further Information

Norse Mythology

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&
Iceland Iceland[3]
12 114
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[4]
8 13 0 0 8 13
Denmark Denmark[5]
1
n.a.
0
n.a.
1
n.a.
Norway Norway[6]
0
n.a.
0
n.a.
0
n.a.
Finland Finland[7]
n.a.
0 0 0 0 0
Greenland 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.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Týr.


References

  1. Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  2. Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
  3. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  4. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  5. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  6. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  7. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  8. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/