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Old Norse name
Old Norse bára = 'wave', 'billow' (see also BARA) [1] [2] [3]
Bára | ♀ |
|
Báruson |
Bárudóttir |
For combinations see BARA (name element)
- Faroese | |
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Nominative: | Bára |
Accusative: | Báru |
Dative: | Báru |
Genitive: | Báru |
- Icelandic | |
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Nominative: | Bára |
Accusative: | Báru |
Dative: | Báru |
Genitive: | Báru |
Bára was one of nine daughters ("billow maidens") of Ægir and Rán in the Northern mythology, each name reflecting a different characteristic of ocean waves:
Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
Iceland[6] |
|
333 | 702 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Denmark[7] |
|
20 | n.a. |
20 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
Sweden[8] |
|
9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Norway[9] |
|
0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
Finland[10] |
|
n.a. |
1 | n.a. |
1 | 0 | 0 |
Greenland[11] |
|
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. |
Sources: [12]