Ívaldi

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Male Male Name

Usage

Old Norse Old Norse

Origin and Meaning

Old Norse name of uncertain meaning, theories include:

1) Newer form of *Iwawaldan, combination of YR and VALD [1]

2) Newer form of *Inhu-waldan (possibly older form of Ingivaldr) [1]

Related Names

     
Ivald ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Ivalde ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Ívaldi ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Old Norse

Further Information

Mythology

Ívaldi is the father of the dwarfs in the Norse mythology. He built the ship Skíðblaðnir [2]

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[3] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m0.png 0 0 0 0
Denmark Denmark[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m0.png 0 n.a. 0 n.a
Finland Finland[5] 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 Ívaldi.

Sources: [3] [4] [6] [5]

References

  1. ↑ Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
  2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  6. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
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