Einar

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Male Name

Usage

Old Swedish
Norwegian
Swedish
Icelandic
Danish
Faroese
Finnish

Origin and Meaning

Old Swedish and modern form of Æinarr ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Related Names

See Æinarr

Name Days

Faroe Islands

26 September

Norway

26 September

Finland (Swedish Language)

17 November

Sweden

26 September

Grammar

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Einar
Accusative:	Einar
Dative:	Einari
Genitive:	Einars

- Faroese
Nominative:	Einar
Accusative:	Einar
Dative:	Einari
Genitive:	Einars

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1821 ^[2]

Namesakes

Einar Henry Gerhardsen, former Prime Minister of Norway (1945-1951 + 1955-1963 + 1963-1965)

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Norway[7]		0	0	7926	12398
Sweden[8]		0	1	2295	15921
Denmark[9]		0	n.a.	436	n.a
Finland[10]		n.a.	1	n.a	10470
#: 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^{[8][9][7][10]}:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[7]:

Sources: ^{[8] [9] [7] [10]}

References

1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
3. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
4. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
5. ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
6. ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
7. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
8. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
9. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
10. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi