Bror

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Male Male Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish

Origin and Meaning

Swedish and Norwegian newer form of Broder [1] [2]

Related Names

See Bróðir

Combination

See Lillebror

Name Days

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

9 January

Sweden Sweden

5 October

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1536 [1]

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&
Sweden Sweden[3] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m5.png 0 1 7582 19130
Norway Norway[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m3.png 0 0 151 447
Denmark Denmark[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m3.png 0 n.a. 146 n.a
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m4.png n.a. 3 n.a 3247
  #: 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.

 

Recent statistics trend[3][5][4][6]:Name statistics for Bror(m)


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

References

  1. Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  3. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  5. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  6. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi