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Usage
Old Norse
Icelandic
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Origin and Meaning
1) Variant form of Brasi [1]
2) Variant form of Brísi [2]
3) Norse form of Irish bresse = 'unruly' [3]
Related Names
Male
Bresason
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Female
Bresadóttir
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Grammar
- Icelandic |
Nominative: |
Bresi
|
Accusative: |
Bresa
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Dative: |
Bresa
|
Genitive: |
Bresa
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Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
- Iceland: In the census of 2008 (in modern times) [3]
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
---|
Sweden[5] |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Denmark[6] |
|
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
Norway[7] |
|
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
Finland[8] |
|
n.a. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Iceland[9] |
|
0 |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Greenland[10] |
|
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. |
No recent statistics trend found in databases for Bresi.
References
- ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
- ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
- ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/