Brimir

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Male Name

Usage

Old Norse
Icelandic
Faroese

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Origin and Meaning

1) Old Norse brim = 'surf', 'surge' (see also BRIM)

2) Old Norse brimir = 'sword'

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Related Names

Brimi	♂
Brimir	♂

See also Brímir

For female forms see Brima

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Brimisson

Female

Brimisdóttir

Combinations

For combinations see BRIM (name element)

Grammar

- Faroese
Nominative:	Brimir
Accusative:	Brimir
Dative:	Brimi
Genitive:	Brimis

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Brimir
Accusative:	Brimi
Dative:	Brimi
Genitive:	Brimis

Further Information

• Iceland: Officially approved as a given name
• Faroe Islands: Officially approved as a given name

Earliest Documented Usage

• Iceland: after 1950

Norse Mythology

• Brimir is another name for the giant Ymir

Trivia

• Brimir is also used as an Icelandic horse name

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&
Iceland		26	50	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Denmark		2	n.a.	0	n.a.	2	n.a.
Sweden		0	0	0	0	0	0
Norway		0	n.a.	0	n.a.	0	n.a.
Finland		n.a.	0	0	0	0	0
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.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Brimir.