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Old Norse name and byname
Old Norse hjalti = 'man from Hjaltland (= Shetland)' (see also HJALT) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
The place name probably derives from Old Norse hjalt = 'hilt (of a sword)' [1] [2] [4] [6]
Hilt of a Viking Sword (replica) Image by Søren Niedziella,[7] licensed under Creative Commons |
Helte | ♂ |
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Anglo-Scandinavian |
Hialti | ♂ |
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Hjalta | ♀ |
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Hjalte | ♂ |
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Hjalti | ♂ |
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Hjaltason |
Hjaltadóttir |
For combinations see HJALT (name element)
- Faroese | |
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Nominative: | Hjalti |
Accusative: | Hjalta |
Dative: | Hjalta |
Genitive: | Hjalta |
- Icelandic | |
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Nominative: | Hjalti |
Accusative: | Hjalta |
Dative: | Hjalta |
Genitive: | Hjalta |
Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
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| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
Iceland[10] |
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451 | 534 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Denmark[11] |
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49 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
49 | n.a. |
Sweden[12] |
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8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 |
Finland[13] |
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n.a. |
2 | 0 | 0 | n.a. |
2 |
Norway[14] |
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18 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
18 | n.a. |
Greenland[15] |
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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. |
Sources: [16]