Gylfi

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Male Name

Usage

Old Norse
Icelandic

Origin and Meaning

Variant form of GylfiR ^{[1] [2]}

Related Names

See GylfiR

Grammar

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Gylfi
Accusative:	Gylfa
Dative:	Gylfa
Genitive:	Gylfa

Further Information

Mythology

Gylfi is a sea king / sea-giant. He gives Gefjon a piece of ploughland which she then ploughs free from Sweden, thus creating the island of Sjælland (Zealand) ^[3]

According to Snorri, Gylfi was the name of the mythical Swedish king who ruled the country when Óðinn arrived in Sweden. Gylfi took over the lordship from the Æsir. ^{[4] [3]}

The first part of the Prose Edda is Gylfaginning ('the deception of Gylfi'). ^[3]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Denmark[5]		0	n.a.	12	n.a
Sweden[6]		0	0	9	10
Norway[7]		0	0	4	6
Finland[8]		n.a.	1	n.a	1
#: 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 Gylfi.

Sources: ^{[6] [5] [7] [8]}

References

1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
2. ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
3. ↑ Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
4. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
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. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
8. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi