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Latin spelling of the Arabic name ليان (Layan) meaning 'soft, gentle'
Layan | ♀ |
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Arabic |
- Danish | |
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Nominative: | Layan |
Genitive: | Layans |
- Norwegian | |
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Nominative: | Layan |
Genitive: | Layans |
- Swedish | |
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Nominative: | Layan |
Genitive: | Layans |
Layan is a common name among immigrants from Arabic-speaking countries, but is very rarely used in the Nordic countries by people without an immigration background
Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
Sweden[1] |
|
610 | 615 | 607 | 611 | 3 | 4 |
Denmark[2] |
|
101 | n.a. |
101 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
Finland[3] |
|
n.a. |
36 | n.a. |
36 | 0 | 0 |
Iceland[4] |
|
1 | 1 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[5] |
|
78 | n.a. |
78 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Greenland[6] |
|
0 | 0 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
#: 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. |