Fróði

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Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Faroe Islands Faroese
Iceland Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

Old Norse byname

Old Norse fróðr = 'clever', 'wise' [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Related Names

Fróðar
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Faroese
Frode
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Danish Norwegian Swedish
Froder
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Norwegian Old Danish
Frodhe
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Old Swedish
Fróði
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Faroese Icelandic Old Norse
Frothi
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Old Danish

For female forms see Fróða

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Fróðason Faroe Islands Iceland

Female

Fróðadóttir Faroe Islands Iceland

Cognates

Combinations

For combinations see FRÓÐ (name element)

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Fróði
Accusative: Fróða
Dative: Fróða
Genitive: Fróða
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Fróði
Accusative: Fróða
Dative: Fróða
Genitive: Fróða

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Namesakes

Trivia

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
Iceland Iceland[10]
53 84
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Denmark Denmark[11]
12
n.a.
0
n.a.
12
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[12]
2 2 0 0 2 2
Norway Norway[13]
0
n.a.
0
n.a.
0
n.a.
Finland Finland[14]
n.a.
0 0 0 0 0
Greenland Greenland[15]
0 0
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: 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.

 

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Fróði (m) Sources: [16]


References

  1. Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
  2. Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  4. Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  5. Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
  6. 6.0 6.1 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
  7. Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  8. Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  9. Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
  10. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  11. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  12. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  13. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  14. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  15. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  16. details see Name Statistic tables