Elna

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Female Name

Usage

Swedish
Danish
Finnish
Norwegian
Faroese

Origin and Meaning

Short form of Helena (see Helene) ^{[1] [2]}

Related Names

Ellna	♀
Ellni	♀
Elna	♀
Elni	♀
Elny	♀

See also Elner

Name Days

Finland

10 February

Norway

19 February

Finland (Swedish Language)

10 February

Grammar

- Faroese
Nominative:	Elna
Accusative:	Elnu
Dative:	Elnu
Genitive:	Elnu

Further Information

Predominant Regional Usage

Sweden: Southern Sweden ^[2]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[3]		2358	5389	0	0
Denmark[4]		2027	n.a.	0	n.a
Norway[5]		412	863	0	0
Finland[6]		n.a.	5382	n.a	2
#: 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][4][5][6]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[5]:

Sources: ^{[3] [4] [5] [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. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi