Bára

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Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese

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Origin and Meaning

Old Norse name

Old Norse bára = 'wave', 'billow' (see also BARA) [1] [2] [3]

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Related Names

Bára
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Faroese Icelandic Old Norse

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Báruson Faroe Islands Iceland

Female

Bárudóttir Faroe Islands Iceland

Combinations

For combinations see BARA (name element)

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Bára
Accusative: Báru
Dative: Báru
Genitive: Báru
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Bára
Accusative: Báru
Dative: Báru
Genitive: Báru

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

  • Iceland: In the census of 1910 (in modern times) [3]

Norse Mythology

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:

Trivia

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&
Iceland Iceland[6]
333 702
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Denmark Denmark[7]
20
n.a.
20
n.a.
0
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[8]
9 11 9 11 0 0
Norway Norway[9]
0
n.a.
0
n.a.
0
n.a.
Finland Finland[10]
n.a.
1
n.a.
1 0 0
Greenland 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.

 

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Bára (f) Sources: [12]


References

  1. Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
  4. Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  5. Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
  6. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  7. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  8. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  9. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  10. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  11. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  12. details see Name Statistic tables