Brestir

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Male Male Name

Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Faroe Islands Faroese
Iceland Icelandic

Origin and Meaning

Old Norse bresta = 'to burst, break' [1] [2]

Related Names

     
Bresti Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese
Brestir Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese Icelandic Old Norse

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Brestir
Accusative: Bresti
Dative: Bresti
Genitive: Brestis
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Brestir
Accusative: Bresti
Dative: Brestir
Genitive: Brestis

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Denmark Denmark[3] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m0.png 0 n.a. 0 n.a
Sweden Sweden[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m0.png 0 0 0 0
Norway Norway[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m0.png 0 0 0 0
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m0.png 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 Brestir.

Sources: [4] [3] [5] [6]

References

  1. Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
  2. Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  3. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  4. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  5. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  6. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi