Japetus

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Male Name

Origin and Meaning

Nordic spelling of Iapetus a Latinised form of the Greek name Ιαπετος (Iapetos) ^[1]

Greek ιαπτω (iapto) = 'to wound, to pierce' ^[2]

Name Days

Denmark

22 December

Faroe Islands

22 December

Further Information

Japetus is not used as a personal name in the Nordic countries, it is known from the Greek mythology, where it is the name of a Titan.

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Denmark[3]		0	n.a.	0	n.a
Sweden[4]		0	0	0	0
Norway[5]		0	0	0	0
Finland[6]		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 Japetus.

Sources: ^{[4] [3] [5] [6]}

References

1. ↑ Wilhelm Vollmer: Wörterbuch der Mythologie (1874)
2. ↑ Mike Campbell: Behind the name http://www.behindthename.com
3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi