Tell

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Male Male Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian

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Origin and Meaning

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]

Related Names

Tell
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Norwegian Swedish

Grammar

Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Tell
Genitive: Tells
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Tell
Genitive: Tells

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Trivia

  • Sweden: In January 1973, 72 people were named Tell (percentage of first or only given name: 85 %) [3]

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[4]
25 80 0 2 25 78
Finland Finland[5]
n.a.
5 0 0
n.a.
5
Denmark Denmark[6]
1
n.a.
0
n.a.
1
n.a.
Norway Norway[7]
10
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
10
n.a.
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 Tell.


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
  4. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  5. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  6. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  7. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  8. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/