Magnar

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Usage

Norway Norwegian
Sweden Swedish
Faroe Islands Faroese
Denmark Danish

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Origin and Meaning

Nordic name

New combination of MAGN and HER [1] [2] [3] [4]

Related Names

Magnar
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Danish Faroese Norwegian Swedish
Magner
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Norwegian Swedish

See also Magnor

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Magnarsson Faroe Islands

Female

Magnarsdóttir Faroe Islands

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Magnar
Genitive: Magnars
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Magnar
Accusative: Magnar
Dative: Magnari
Genitive: Magnars
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Magnar
Genitive: Magnars
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Magnar
Genitive: Magnars

Name Day

Norway Norway

29 May

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Namesakes

  • Magnar Solberg (born 4 February 1937), Norwegian biathlete

Trivia

  • Sweden: In January 1973, 30 people were named Magnar (percentage of first or only given name: 27 %) [6]

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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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 Sweden[7]
28 71 0 0 28 71
Finland Finland[8]
n.a.
17 0 0
n.a.
17
Denmark Denmark[9]
2
n.a.
0
n.a.
2
n.a.
Norway Norway[10]
2326
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
2326
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[11]
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.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Magnar (m) Sources: [7][9][10][8]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Magnar (m)


References

  1. Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  5. Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
  7. 7.0 7.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  8. 8.0 8.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  9. 9.0 9.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  10. 10.0 10.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  11. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/