Filip

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Danish
Norwegian
Icelandic
Faroese

Origin and Meaning

Scandinavian form of Philippus ^{[1] [2]}

Related Names

See Philippus

Name Days

Norway

1 May

Finland (Swedish Language)

8 March

Sweden

2 May

Grammar

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Filip
Accusative:	Filip
Dative:	Filip
Genitive:	Filips

- Faroese
Nominative:	Filip
Accusative:	Filip
Dative:	Filipi
Genitive:	Filips

Further Information

Namesakes

Filip (also Filippus) Hallstensson, king of Sweden ca. 1105-1118

Karl Filip (1601 - 1622), younger son of king Karl IX of Sweden. The Swedish town Filipstad (= Filiptown) was named after him.

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[3]		0	1	16590	23675
Norway[4]		0	0	1573	2120
Denmark[5]		0	n.a.	1313	n.a
Finland[6]		0	0	n.a	1195
#: 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