Apollinaris

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Male Name

Origin and Meaning

Ancient Greek name derived from the god Apollo (see Apollonius) ^[1]

Related Names

See Apollonius

Name Day

Denmark

23 July

Further Information

Apollinaris is not usually used as a given name in the Nordic countries, it is just known as the name of some saints - thus the Danish name day.

The mineral water takes its name from the spring where it was discovered near Bad Neuenahr in Germany, in the mid-19th century. The spring was named after a nearby chapel. ^[2]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Denmark[3]		0	n.a.	0	n.a
Sweden[4]		0	0	0	0
Norway[5]		0	0	0	0
Finland[6]		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 Apollinaris.

Sources: ^{[4] [3] [5] [6]}

References

1. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
2. ↑ Adrian Room: Brewer's Dictionary of Names (1992)
3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi