Magna

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Female Name

Usage

Old Norse
Danish
Norwegian
Swedish
Icelandic
Faroese

Origin and Meaning

1) Female form of Magni ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

2) Female form of Magnus ^{[1] [4]}

Related Names

See Magne

Name Day

Finland (Swedish Language)

8 December

Grammar

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Magna
Accusative:	Mögnu
Dative:	Mögnu
Genitive:	Mögnu

- Faroese
Nominative:	Magna
Accusative:	Magnu
Dative:	Magnu
Genitive:	Magnu

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1633 ^[4]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Denmark[5]		264	n.a.	0	n.a
Norway[6]		219	435	0	0
Sweden[7]		49	127	0	0
Finland[8]		n.a.	5	n.a	5
#: 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.

 

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[6]:

Sources: ^{[7] [5] [6] [8]}

References

1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
2. ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
3. ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
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