Vinjar

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Usage

Norway Norwegian
Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese

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Origin and Meaning

Nordic name

1) New combination of VIN and HER [1] [2]

2) From several place names Vinje, Old Norse vin = 'pasture, meadow' [1] [2]

3) From the English word 'wineyard' [2]

4) Variant form of Vincent and its variant forms (see Vincentius) [3]

Related Names

Vinjar
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Faroese Icelandic Norwegian
Vinjard
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Danish Norwegian

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Vinjarsson Faroe Islands Iceland

Female

Vinjarsdóttir Faroe Islands Iceland

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Vinjar
Accusative: Vinjar
Dative: Vinjari
Genitive: Vinjars
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Vinjar
Accusative: Vinjar
Dative: Vinjari
Genitive: Vinjars
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Vinjar
Genitive: Vinjars

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

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&
Denmark Denmark[5]
2
n.a.
0
n.a.
2
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[6]
1 2
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[7]
0 0 0 0 0 0
Norway Norway[8]
176
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
176
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.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Vinjar (m) Sources: [7][5][8][9]


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  4. Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  5. 5.0 5.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  6. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  7. 7.0 7.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  8. 8.0 8.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  9. 9.0 9.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  10. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/