Hlín

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Female Name

Usage

Old Norse
Icelandic

Origin and Meaning

Old Norse hlín = 'protection' (see also HLIN) ^{[1] [2]}

Related Names

Hlín	♀
Lín	♀

Grammar

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Hlín
Accusative:	Hlín
Dative:	Hlín
Genitive:	Hlínar

Further Information

Hlín was also used as a poetic word for 'woman'

Mythology

Hlín was a byname of Óðinn's wife Frigg ^{[3] [2] [4]}

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[5]		1	3	0	0
Denmark[6]		0	n.a.	0	n.a
Finland[7]		0	0	0	0
#: 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 Hlín.

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

References

1. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
2. ↑ Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
3. ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
4. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
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. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
8. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no