Helvi

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Female Name

Usage

Old Swedish
Swedish
Norwegian
Finnish

Origin and Meaning

1) Old Swedish form of Hæilví ^[1]

2) Short form of Hellevi (see Heilwig) ^{[2] [3]}

3) Pet form of Hedwig (see Haduwig) ^[4]

Related Names

Helkki	♀
Helkko	♀
Helva	♀
Helve	♀
Helvi	♀
Helvii	♀
Hepe	♀

Name Day

Finland

15 October

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1905 ^[2]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[5]		326	482	0	0
Denmark[6]		11	n.a.	0	n.a
Norway[7]		0	11	0	0
Finland[8]		n.a.	23419	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 Helvi.

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

References

1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
3. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
4. ↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
5. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
6. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
7. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
8. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi