Dyre

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Male Male Name

Usage

Old Swedish Old Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Sweden Swedish

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Origin and Meaning

1) Old Swedish form of Dýri [1]

2) Norwegian modern form of Dýri [1] [2]

Related Names

See DiúRi

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Dyre
Genitive: Dyres
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Dyre
Genitive: Dyres
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Dyre
Genitive: Dyres

Further Information

Predominant Regional Usage

Namesakes

  • Dyre Vaa (19 January 1903 – 11 May 1980), Norwegian sculptor and painter

Trivia

  • Dyre was a heavy storm in Norway in December 2003.

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&
Sweden Sweden[4]
0 7 0 0 0 7
Denmark Denmark[5]
2
n.a.
0
n.a.
2
n.a.
Norway Norway[6]
37
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
37
n.a.
Finland Finland[7]
n.a.
0 0 0 0 0
Greenland Greenland[8]
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 Dyre.


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  3. Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  4. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  5. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  6. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  7. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  8. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/