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Female Name
Usage
Old Norse
Icelandic
Faroese
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Origin and Meaning
Old Norse name, see VÖR for more information about the meaning [1] [2] [3] [4]
Related Names
Combinations
For combinations see VÖR (name element)
Male
Várarson
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Female
Várardóttir
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Grammar
- Faroese |
Nominative: |
Vár
|
Accusative: |
Vár
|
Dative: |
Vár
|
Genitive: |
Várar
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- Icelandic |
Nominative: |
Vár
|
Accusative: |
Vár
|
Dative: |
Vár
|
Genitive: |
Várar
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Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Norse Mythology
- Vár is the name of an Ásynja, who is responsible for contracts between men an women. [2]
Trivia
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
---|
Denmark[6] |
|
20 |
n.a. |
20 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
Sweden[7] |
|
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Iceland[8] |
|
0 |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[9] |
|
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
Finland[10] |
|
n.a. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Greenland[11] |
|
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. |
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Sources: [12]
References
- ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
- ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
- ↑ Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
- ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables