Washington

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Usage

Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish

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Origin and Meaning

English name

Transferred use of the surname (originally a place name):

Combination of 'Wassa's people' and TUN [1] [2]

Related Names

Washington Finish Norwegian Swedish

Grammar

Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Washington
Genitive: Washingtonin
Partitive: Washingtonia
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Washington
Genitive: Washingtons
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Washington
Genitive: Washingtons

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Trivia

  • Sweden: In January 1973, 14 people were named Washington (percentage of first or only given name: 0 %) [4]

Statistics

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Washington.


References

  1. Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
  2. A. D. Mills: Oxford Dictionary of British Place Names (2003)
  3. Riksarkivet/SVAR - Svensk arkivinformation: Sveriges befolkning 1880
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)