Jafet

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Male Male Name

Usage

Finland Finnish
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese

Origin and Meaning

Nordic spelling of Ιαφεθ (Iapheth), which is a Greek form of the Hebrew name יֶפֶת (Yefet):

1) Hebrew יֶפֶת (yefet) = 'enlarged'

2) Hebrew yafaha = 'bright, beautiful' [1]

Related Names

     
Jaafet ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Jaapetti ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Jaapi ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Jaave ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Jafet ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Icelandic Swedish
Jaffe ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Jahve ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Jahvetti ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Jahvi ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Japo ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Jaska ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Jassu ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Vetti ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish

See also Jappe

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Jafet
Accusative: Jafet
Dative: Jafeti
Genitive: Jafets
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Jafet
Accusative: Jafet
Dative: Jafeti
Genitive: Jafets

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[2] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m2.png 0 0 13 23
Denmark Denmark[3] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m1.png 0 n.a. 4 n.a
Norway Norway[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m0.png 0 0 0 0
Finland Finland[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m3.png 0 0 n.a 213
  #: 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 Jafet.

Sources: [2] [3] [4] [5]

References

  1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  5. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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