Eyja

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Female Name

Usage

Old Norse
Icelandic

Origin and Meaning

Old Norse name, see EY (name element) for further information ^{[1] [2]}

Related Names

Eyja	♀

See also Eija

Combinations

For combinations see EY (name element)

Grammar

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Eyja
Accusative:	Eyju
Dative:	Eyju
Genitive:	Eyju

Further Information

Eyja is one of the names mentioned in the Landnámabók ^[1]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Denmark[3]		3	n.a.	0	n.a
Sweden[4]		2	4	0	0
Norway[5]		0	0	0	0
Finland[6]		n.a.	1	n.a	1
#: 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.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Eyja.

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

References

1. ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
2. ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi