Hera

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Female Name

Usage

Swedish
Norwegian
Danish

Origin and Meaning

1)
Short form of names beginning with Her- (see HER) ^[1]

2)
From the name of the Greek goddess Ἥρα (Hera) ^{[2] [1] [3]}
The meaning is uncertain. Some theories include:

a) Greek ‘ηρα (héra) = 'lady, mistress' ^[2]

b) Greek ‘ηρως (heros) = 'hero, warrior' ^[3]

c) Greek ‘ωρα (hora) = 'period of time' ^[3]

d) Greek ‘αιρεω (haireo) = 'to be chosen' ^[3]

Related Names

Hera	♀

Grammar

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Hera
Accusative:	Heru
Dative:	Heru
Genitive:	Heru

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[4]		26	38	0	0
Denmark[5]		13	n.a.	0	n.a
Norway[6]		10	19	0	0
Finland[7]		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 Hera.

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

References

1. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
2. ↑ Adrian Room: Brewer's Dictionary of Names (1992)
3. ↑ Mike Campbell: Behind the name http://www.behindthename.com
4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
6. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
7. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi