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Váli

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Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Iceland Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

Old Norse name of uncertain meaning

1) Ancient Germanic *walha- = 'foreign' (see VAL) [1]

2) Old Norse valr = 'the slain (in Valhalla)' (see VAL) [2]

3) Younger form of *Wanilo [3]

4) From Proto-Norse *waihalaR = 'the arguing one' [3]

Related Names

Vala ♀
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 Danish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Vale ♂
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 Finish Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
Wale ♂
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 Old Danish
Vali ♂
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Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Old Norse
Váli ♂
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Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Icelandic Old Norse

See also Vaali and Vally

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Válason Iceland

Female

Váladóttir Iceland

Combinations

See VAL (name element)

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Váli
Accusative: Vála
Dative: Vála
Genitive: Vála

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Norse Mythology

Trivia

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[5]
2 8
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[6]
0 2 0 0 0 2
Denmark Denmark[7]
0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Norway Norway[8]
0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Finland Finland[9]
n.a.
 0 0 0 0 0
Greenland Greenland[10]
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 Váli.


References

  1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
  2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
  4. ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  5. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  6. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  7. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  8. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  9. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  10. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
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