Gro

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Female Name

Usage

Old Danish
Old Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Swedish

Origin and Meaning

Old Danish, Old Swedish and modern form of *Gró ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Related Names

See Gróa

Name Day

Norway

12 March

Further Information

Predominant Regional Usage

Sweden: Jämtland, Western Sweden ^[3]

Namesakes

Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Prime Minister of Norway, * 20th April, 1939

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Norway[4]		4535	8032	0	0
Denmark[5]		236	n.a.	0	n.a
Sweden[6]		109	172	0	0
Finland[7]		n.a.	3	n.a	3
#: 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.

 

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[4]:

Sources: ^{[6] [5] [4] [7]}

References

1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
2. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
3. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
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. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
7. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi