Amund

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Male Male Name

Usage

Old Swedish Old Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Sweden Swedish

Origin and Meaning

1) Old Swedish and modern form of Ámundi [1] [2]

2) Variant form of Agmund (see Agmundr) [1] [2]

3) Misspelled form of Anund (see Anundr) [1]

4) "Swedish form" of Amandus [1]

Related Names

     
Amund ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
Amunda ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian Swedish
Amundine ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Amunti ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish

Name Day

Norway Norway

20 December

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1312 [1]

Period of Usage

Norway: Much used between 1500 and 1900 [2]

Predominant Regional Usage

Sweden: Värmland and Dalsland [1]
Norway: Austlandet and Trøndelag (1500-1900); Hedmark and Oppland (1900-today) [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&
Norway Norway[3] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 0 1945 2207
Sweden Sweden[4] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m2.png 0 1 16 59
Denmark Denmark[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m1.png 0 n.a. 4 n.a
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m1.png n.a. 2 n.a 2
  #: 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[4][5][3][6]:Name statistics for Amund(m)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[3]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Amund(m)


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

References

  1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  3. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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