Álfey

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Female Female Name

Usage

Iceland Icelandic

Origin and Meaning

  • First element (Álf-), see Alf:
    • Old Norse alfr = 'elf, supernatural being'
  • Last element (-ey), see Eyja:
    • Old Norse auja = 'luck, happiness' or
    • Old Norse ey = 'island'

Related Names

     
Álfey Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic
Eyja Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic Old Norse
Alf Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Álfey
Accusative: Álfeyju
Dative: Álfeyju
Genitive: Álfeyjar

Further Information

  • For more information about Álf- see Alf
  • For more information about -ey see Eyja

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[1] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m0.png 0 0 0 0
Denmark Denmark[2] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m0.png 0 n.a. 0 n.a
Finland Finland[3] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m0.png 0 0 0 0
  #: 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 Álfey.

Sources: [1] [2] [4] [3]

References

  1. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  2. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  3. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  4. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no