Líf

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Female Name

Usage

Old Norse
Icelandic

Origin and Meaning

1) Old Norse variant form of Hlíf ... ^[1]

2) ... which have been early associated with Old Norse líf = 'life' (see also LIF) ^{[1] [2]}

Related Names

Lif	♀
Líf	♀
Lífa	♀
Liff	♀
Liv	♀
Liw	♀
Lív	♀

See also Liva, Livia and Livius

Grammar

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Líf
Accusative:	Líf
Dative:	Líf
Genitive:	Lífar

Further Information

Mythology

Líf and Lífþrasir are the two people who will survive Ragnarǫk and become the ancestors of a new family of man. ^[2]

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	1	0	0
Finland[5]		n.a.	1	n.a	1
#: 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 Líf.

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

References

1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
2. ↑ Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
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. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
6. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no