Gorgonius

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Male Name

Origin and Meaning

Latin form of the Greek name Gorgonios which is related to Greek Γοργών (Gorgon), which is a terrifying female creature in the Greek mythology. It derives from the Greek word gorgós = 'dreadful, terrible'. ^[1]

Related Names

Gorgonius	♂

Name Days

Denmark

9 September

Faroe Islands

9 September

Further Information

Gorgonius is not usually used as a given name in the Nordic countries, it is just known as the name of a saint, thus the Danish name day

Statistics

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

Sources: ^{[3] [2] [4] [5]}

References

1. ↑ Adrian Room: Brewer's Dictionary of Names (1992)
2. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
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. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi