Jens

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Male Male Name

Usage

Denmark Danish
Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Faroe Islands Faroese
Finland Finnish

Origin and Meaning

Danish and south Swedish variant form of Jöns / Jøns [1] [2] [3]

Related Names

     
Jeansa ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Jenis ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese
Jens ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Jensa ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese
Jense ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Jensenette ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Jensenius ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Jensia ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese
Jensigne ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Jensine ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Jensinius ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Jensmine ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Jenssine ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Jensy ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Jentine ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Jes ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Jess ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian

Combinations

For combinations see JEN (name element)

Name Days

Norway Norway

24 September

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

24 June

Sweden Sweden

29 March

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Jens
Accusative: Jens
Dative: Jensi
Genitive: Jens

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1842 [2]

Predominant Regional Usage

Sweden: Skåne [2]
Denmark: Eastern Denmark [3]

Namesakes

Jens Kristian Meinich Bratlie, former Prime Minister of Norway (1912-1913)

Jens Valentinsen Hundseid, former Prime Minister of Norway (1932-1933)

Jens Christian Skou, * 8 October 1918, Danish chemist and Nobel laureate (Chemistry, 1997)

Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister of Norway (2000-2001 + 2005-today)

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&
Denmark Denmark[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m5.png 0 n.a. 51441 n.a
Sweden Sweden[5] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m5.png 1 2 11222 18151
Norway Norway[6] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 0 2384 8044
Finland Finland[7] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m4.png n.a. 2 n.a 1408
  #: 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.

 

Recent statistics trend[5][4][6][7]:Name statistics for Jens(m)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[6]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Jens(m)


Sources: [5] [4] [6] [7]

References

  1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  6. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  7. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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