Fǫnn

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Female Name

Usage

Old Norse

Origin and Meaning

Old Norse fǫnn = 'snow, snowdrift' ^{[1] [2]}

See FANN (name element) for more information

Related Names

Fann	♀
Fanna	♀
Fönn	♀
Fǫnn	♀

Combinations

For combinations see FANN (name element)

Further Information

In the Norse mythology, Fǫnn was the daughter of king Snær. She had two sisters, Mjǫll and Drífa and a brother Þorri.

Statistics

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

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

References

1. ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
2. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
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. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
6. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no