Therese

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Female Name

Usage

Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Finnish

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Origin and Meaning

Nordic spelling of Thérèse and variant form of Theresa

Related Names

See Thérèse

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Therese
Genitive:	Thereses

- Finnish
Nominative:	Therese
Genitive:	Theresen
Partitive:	Thereseä

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Therese
Genitive:	Thereses

- Swedish
Nominative:	Therese
Genitive:	Thereses

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Norway: 18th century
• Denmark: 19th century

Strongest Period of Usage

• Denmark:
  • -1910
  • 1970-
  • 1980-
• Sweden:
  • 1960-
  • 1970-1989
• Norway:
  • 1985-1990

Predominant Regional Usage

• Denmark:
  • Bornholm
• Sweden:
  • Gotland (19th century) see map
  • Uppland (19th century) see map
  • Öland (19th century) see map
  • Blekinge (19th century) see map
  • Sydsverige
  • Gotland

Trivia

• Sweden: In January 1973, 4245 people were named Therese (percentage of first or only given name: 14 %)

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		14928	35996	14928	35993	0	3
Denmark		1493	n.a.	1493	n.a.	0	n.a.
Finland		n.a.	1057	n.a.	1057	0	0
Iceland		2	9	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Greenland		3	6	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway		6221	n.a.	6221	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.

 

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Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Therese (f) in Sweden in the year 1880.