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1) From the surname of the legendary Swiss hero Wilhelm Tell [1] [2]
The surname is of uncertain meaning. Two theories are:
1 a) Germanic dala- = 'bright, clear'
1 b) Low German telge = 'young tree, oak'
2) Short form of Tellef (see ÞórlæifR) [2]
Tell | ♂ |
|
- Norwegian | |
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Nominative: | Tell |
Genitive: | Tells |
- Swedish | |
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Nominative: | Tell |
Genitive: | Tells |
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] |
|
25 | 80 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 78 |
Finland[5] |
|
n.a. |
5 | 0 | 0 | n.a. |
5 |
Denmark[6] |
|
1 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
1 | n.a. |
Norway[7] |
|
10 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
10 | n.a. |
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 Tell.