Kalle

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Male Male Name

Usage

Old Swedish Old Swedish
Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian

Origin and Meaning

1) Pet form of Karl (via Karle) [1] [2]

2) Short form of Kaleva [3]

Related Names

     
Calle ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Swedish
Gállá ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Kaaleppi ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Kaali ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Greenlandic
Kale ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish Old Danish Old Swedish
Kali ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish Old Norse
Kalkke ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Kalkko ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Kalkku ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Kalla ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Kállá ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Kalle ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
Kálle ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Kalli ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Old Norse
Kallu ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Kallukka ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish

See also Kalla

Name Days

Finland Finland

28 January

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1842 (much earlier in use as a pet name) [2]

Namesakes

Kalle Anka is the Swedish name for Donald Duck.

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[4] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m4.png 1 2 2200 2903
Denmark Denmark[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 n.a. 710 n.a
Norway Norway[6] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m2.png 0 0 49 86
Finland Finland[7] Statimg f2.pngStatimg m5.png n.a. 9 n.a 37582
  #: 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[4][5][6][7]:Name statistics for Kalle(m)


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

References

  1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
  2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
  4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  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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