Hera

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Female Female Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese

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Origin and Meaning

1)
Short form of names beginning with Her- (see HER) [1] [2]

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

a) Greek ‘ηρα (héra) = 'lady, mistress' [3]

b) Greek ‘ηρως (heros) = 'hero, warrior' (see also Heron, Iraida) [4]

c) Greek ‘ωρα (hora) = 'period of time' [4]

d) Greek ‘αιρεω (haireo) = 'to be chosen' [4]

Related Names

Heera
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Danish Finish Swedish
Hera
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Danish Faroese Icelandic Norwegian Swedish

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Heruson Faroe Islands Iceland

Female

Herudóttir Faroe Islands Iceland

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Hera
Genitive: Heras
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Hera
Accusative: Heru
Dative: Heru
Genitive: Heru
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Hera
Genitive: Heran
Partitive: Heraa
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Hera
Accusative: Heru
Dative: Heru
Genitive: Heru
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Hera
Genitive: Heras
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Hera
Genitive: Heras

Further Information

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&
Iceland Iceland[7]
132 170
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[8]
72 110 72 108 0 2
Denmark Denmark[9]
34
n.a.
34
n.a.
0
n.a.
Finland Finland[10]
n.a.
10
n.a.
10 0 0
Norway Norway[11]
37
n.a.
37
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[12]
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 Hera.


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Adrian Room: Brewer's Dictionary of Names (1992)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Mike Campbell: Behind the name http://www.behindthename.com
  5. Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  6. Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
  7. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  8. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  9. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  10. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  11. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  12. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/