Elin

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Female Name

Usage

Old Swedish
Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Finnish
Faroese

Origin and Meaning

Nordic short form of Elina ^{[1] [2]}

Related Names

Elin	♀
Elín	♀

See also Eilin, Eli, Ella, Linn

Combinations

Name Element	Example
BORG	see Elínborg

Name Days

Norway

31 July

Finland (Swedish Language)

10 February

Sweden

31 July

Grammar

- Faroese
Nominative:	Elin
Accusative:	Elina
Dative:	Elini
Genitive:	Elinar

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 14th century ^[2]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[3]		36272	58582	10	19
Norway[4]		9804	14644	0	0
Denmark[5]		4273	n.a.	4	n.a
Finland[6]		n.a.	7302	n.a	6
#: 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^[3][5][4][6]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[4]:

Sources: ^{[3] [5] [4] [6]}

References

1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi