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Brynjar
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Usage
Icelandic
Faroese
Norwegian
Danish
Swedish
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Origin and Meaning
Younger form of Brynjarr [1] [2] [3] [4]
Related Names
See Brynjarr
Patronyms [What's That?]
Male
| Brynjarsson |
|
Female
| Brynjarsdóttir |
|
Grammar
| - Danish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Brynjar |
| Genitive: | Brynjars |
| - Faroese |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Brynjar |
| Accusative: | Brynjar |
| Dative: | Brynjari |
| Genitive: | Brynjars |
| - Icelandic |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Brynjar |
| Accusative: | Brynjar |
| Dative: | Brynjari |
| Genitive: | Brynjars |
| - Norwegian |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Brynjar |
| Genitive: | Brynjars |
| - Swedish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Brynjar |
| Genitive: | Brynjars |
Name Days
|
|
5 October |
|
|
5 October |
Further Information
- Iceland: Officially approved as a given name [5]
- Faroe Islands: Officially approved as a given name [6]
Earliest Documented Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Trivia
- Brynjar 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[7] |
  |
863 | 1062 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Sweden[8] |
  |
26 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 37 |
| Denmark[9] |
|
26 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
26 | n.a. |
 Finland[10] |
 |
n.a. |
3 | 0 | 0 | n.a. |
3 |
| Norway[11] |
 |
688 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
688 | n.a. |
 Greenland[12] |
  |
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. |
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Recent Statistics Trend
Sources: Top List Ranking
Sources: [13]
References
- ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
- ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
- ↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables