Bragi

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Male Name

Usage

Old Norse
Icelandic
Faroese

Origin and Meaning

Old Norse bragr = 'the best, foremost' ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

In Old Norse, bragr was also used as a poetic word for 'poetry' ^{[1] [2]}

Related Names

Brage	♂
Bragi	♂

Grammar

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Bragi
Accusative:	Braga
Dative:	Braga
Genitive:	Braga

- Faroese
Nominative:	Bragi
Accusative:	Braga
Dative:	Braga
Genitive:	Braga

Further Information

Mythology

Bragi is the god of poetry. He welcomes noble guests in Valhǫll together with Hermóðr. To become even more creative, he likes to drink the mead of Heiðrún and the beer of Ægir. He is the husband of Íðunn and they live in Brunnakr (Acre at a Well). ^[3]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[5]		0	0	7	19
Denmark[6]		0	n.a.	6	n.a
Norway[7]		0	0	0	4
Finland[8]		n.a.	1	n.a	1
#: 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 Bragi.

Sources: ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

References

1. ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
2. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
3. ↑ Lars Magnar Enoksen: Norrøne guder og myter (2008)
4. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
5. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
6. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
7. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
8. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi