Andor

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Male Name

Usage

Old Norse
Norwegian
Swedish
Danish

Origin and Meaning

Younger form of Arndor ^{[1] [2]}

Related Names

See Arnþórr

Name Day

Norway

6 March

Further Information

Patronyms

Norwegian: Andorsen ^[3]

Predominant Regional Usage

Norway:

• Late Middle Ages: Vestlandet, Nordafjells ^[1]
  
• 16th - 19th century: Nord-Trøndelag ^[1]
  
• 20th century: Nord-Noreg ^[1]
  

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂		Trend
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Norway[4]		0	0	104	177
Sweden[5]		0	0	40	133
Denmark[6]		0	n.a.	4	n.a
Finland[7]		n.a.	5	n.a	5
#: 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 Andor.

Sources: ^{[5] [6] [4] [7]}

References

1. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
3. ↑ Olav Veka: Norsk etternamnleksikon (2001)
4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
5. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
6. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
7. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi