Bassi

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Male Name

Usage

Old Norse
Old Danish

Origin and Meaning

1) Old Norse bassi = 'wild boar' ^[1]

2) Old Norse bassi = 'big animal, big man, bear' ^{[2] [3]}

Related Names

Basse	♂
Bassi	♂
Baste	♂

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Iceland: earlier than 1280 ^[3]
Norway: 1280 ^[3]

Predominant Regional Usage

Norway: Austlandet (especially in Gudbrandsdalen) and Vestlandet in the Middle Ages ^[3]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[4]		3	4	0	2
Denmark[5]		0	n.a.	0	n.a
Norway[6]		0	0	0	0
Finland[7]		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 Bassi.

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

References

1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
2. ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
3. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
6. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
7. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi