Egon

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Male Male Name

Usage

Denmark Danish
Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish

Origin and Meaning

1) Latinised form of the Old High German name Egino and other Old High German names beginning with Egin- (see EGG) [1] [2] [3]

2) Latin form of the Greek name Aigon, Greek aix = 'goat' [2]

Related Names

     
Egon ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Egonia ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish

Name Days

Norway Norway

5 November

Sweden Sweden

11 March

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1839 [2]

Cognate

Norse: Agni [3] [2]

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[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m5.png 0 n.a. 5867 n.a
Sweden Sweden[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 0 1600 6311
Norway Norway[6] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m3.png 0 0 110 164
Finland Finland[7] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m3.png n.a. 2 n.a 233
  #: 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[5][4][6][7]:Name statistics for Egon(m)


Sources: [5] [4] [6] [7]

References

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