Karsten

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Male Male Name

Usage

Old Swedish Old Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Sweden Swedish

Origin and Meaning

Low German form of Christian [1] [2] [3] [4]

Related Names

     
Carsten ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Karstein ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Karsten ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
Karstin ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese
Kartni ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese
Kasten ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Old Swedish Swedish

See also Karstine

Name Days

Norway Norway

14 May

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1510 [4]

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[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m5.png 0 n.a. 9609 n.a
Norway Norway[6] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 0 1164 1925
Sweden Sweden[7] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m3.png 0 1 267 496
Finland Finland[8] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m2.png n.a. 3 n.a 66
  #: 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[7][5][6][8]:Name statistics for Karsten(m)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[6]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Karsten(m)


Sources: [7] [5] [6] [8]

References

  1. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  2. ↑ Friedrich Wilhelm Weitershaus: Das große Vornamenlexikon (1998)
  3. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  4. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  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. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  8. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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