Halldis

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Female Name

Usage

Norwegian
Swedish
Danish
Faroese

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Origin and Meaning

Younger form of Halldís

Related Names

See Halldís

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Halldisarson

Female

Halldisardóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Halldis
Genitive:	Halldis'

- Faroese
Nominative:	Halldis
Accusative:	Halldis
Dative:	Halldis
Genitive:	Halldisar

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Halldis
Genitive:	Halldis'

- Swedish
Nominative:	Halldis
Genitive:	Halldis' / Halldis

Name Day

Norway

20 February

Further Information

• Faroe Islands: Officially approved as a given name

Earliest Documented Usage

• Sweden: 1897

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden:
  • 1900-1909
  • 1920-1939
• Norway:
  • 1925-1940

Predominant Regional Usage

• Norway:
  • Sogn (Eivindvik) after the Protestant Reformation
  • Buskerud (Hallingdal) after the Protestant Reformation
  • Nordland in the 20th century
  • Troms in the 20th century
• Sweden:
  • Västsverige
  • Nordsverige

Namesakes

• Halldis Moren Vesaas (18 November 1907 – 8 September 1995), Norwegian poet, translator and writer of children's books

Trivia

• Sweden: In January 1973, 52 people were named Halldis (percentage of first or only given name: 63 %)

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&
Sweden		15	31	15	31	0	0
Denmark		5	n.a.	5	n.a.	0	n.a.
Finland		n.a.	2	n.a.	2	0	0
Norway		493	n.a.	493	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Greenland		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.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Halldis.