Beda

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Female Name

Usage

Swedish
Finnish
Danish
Norwegian

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Origin and Meaning

Latinised from of the Old English male (!) name Bede

Old English bede = 'begging man, praying man'

Related Names

Beda	♀
Beeda	♀

See also Bedda, Bedine

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Beda
Genitive:	Bedas

- Finnish
Nominative:	Beda
Genitive:	Bedan
Partitive:	Bedaa

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Beda
Genitive:	Bedas

- Swedish
Nominative:	Beda
Genitive:	Bedas

Name Days

Denmark

26 May

Faroe Islands

26 May

Sweden

27 May

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Sweden: 1808
  
• Norway: 1839
  

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden:
  • 1865-1909
  • 1885-1909

Predominant Regional Usage

• Sweden:
  • Ångermanland (19th century) see map
  • Gästrikland (19th century) see map
  • Värmland (19th century) see map
  • Västergötland (19th century) see map
  • Medelpad (19th century) see map
  • Västergötland (20th century)
  • Nordsverige (20th century)
• Norway:
  • Sør-Austlandet
  • Nord-Trøndelag

Trivia

• Sweden: In January 1973, 4,222 people were named Beda (percentage of first or only given name: 91 %)

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&
Finland		n.a.	693	n.a.	693	0	0
Sweden		103	468	103	465	0	3
Denmark		5	n.a.	3	n.a.	2	n.a.
Iceland		1	1	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway		18	n.a.	18	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Greenland		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.

 

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Beda (f) in Sweden in the year 1880.