Gróa

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Female Name

Usage

Old Norse
Icelandic
Faroese

Origin and Meaning

1) Old Norse gróa = 'to grow' ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

2) Celtic gruach = 'woman' (less certain) ^{[2] [3]}

Related Names

Gro	♀
*Gró	♀
Groa	♀
Gróa	♀

Grammar

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Gróa
Accusative:	Gróu
Dative:	Gróu
Genitive:	Gróu

- Faroese
Nominative:	Gróa
Accusative:	Gróu
Dative:	Gróu
Genitive:	Gróu

Further Information

Mythology

In the Svipdagsmál Gróa is the mother of Svipdagr ^[5]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Denmark[6]		3	n.a.	0	n.a
Sweden[7]		0	1	0	0
Finland[8]		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 Gróa.

Sources: ^{[7] [6] [9] [8]}

References

1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
2. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
3. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
4. ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
5. ↑ Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
6. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
7. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
8. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
9. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no