Drífa

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Female Female Name

Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Iceland Icelandic

Origin and Meaning

Old Norse drífa = 'fall of snow, snowdrift' [1] [2]

Related Names

     
Drifa ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Drífa ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic Old Norse
Driva ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish

Combinations

For combinations see DRIF (name element)

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Drífa
Accusative: Drífu
Dative: Drífu
Genitive: Drífu

Further Information

In the Norse mythology, Drífa was the daughter of king Snær. She had two sisters, Mjǫll and Fǫnn and one brother, Þorri.

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
Finland Finland[5] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m1.png n.a. 1 n.a 1
  #: 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 Drífa.

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

References

  1. ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
  2. ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
  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. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  6. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
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