Elis m

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Male Name
This name is used both as a female and a male name. See Elis f for the female version of this name.

Usage

Swedish
Norwegian
Faroese

Origin and Meaning

Modern short form of Elias ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Related Names

See Elias

Grammar

- Faroese
Nominative:	Elis
Accusative:	Elis
Dative:	Elisi
Genitive:	Elisar

Name Days

Faroe Islands

12 July

Finland (Swedish Language)

9 April

Sweden

17 April

Further Information

Namesakes

Elis Schröderheim (26th March, 1747 - 30th August, 1795), Swedish civil servant and member of Svenska Akademien

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[4]		21	50	1860	5472
Denmark[5]		37	n.a.	46	n.a
Norway[6]		6	18	7	20
Finland[7]		n.a.	27	n.a	4229
#: 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^[4][5][6][7]:

Sources: ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

References

1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
2. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
3. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
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