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Arve
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Usage
Norwegian
Swedish
Danish
Finnish
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Origin and Meaning
1) Younger form of Arved (see Arviðr) [1] [2] [3] [4]
2) Swedish arve = 'heir' [1]
Related Names
| Arve | ♂ |   |
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Patronyms
- Norwegian: Arvesen (♂)
Name Day
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1 April |
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
- Norway: Østfold, Telemark and Buskerud (around 1800), Sør-Austlandet (around 1900), Vestlandet and Nordafjells (1930-1940) [2]
- Finland: Länsi-Suomi [3]
Statistics
Name Count per Country (What's this?)
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| Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
| Sweden[5] |
 |
161 | 257 | 0 | 0 | 161 | 257 |
| Denmark[6] |
 |
14 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
14 | n.a. |
| Finland[7] |
|
n.a. |
17 | 0 | 0 | n.a. |
17 |
| Norway[8] |
|
4193 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
4193 | n.a. |
 Greenland[9] |
  |
0 | 0 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| #: 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. |
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Recent Statistics Trend
Sources: Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
- ↑ Inger Lautin (Red.): Hva skal barnet hete? (1993)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/