Magnus

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Male Name

Usage

Old Norse
Old Swedish
Norwegian
Swedish
Danish
Faroese

Origin and Meaning

1) Latin byname: magnus = 'great' ^{[1] [2]}

2) Latinised version of Magni and other Old Norse names beginning with Magn-

Related Names

See Magne

Name Days

Denmark

28 January

Denmark

6 September

Faroe Islands

16 April

Faroe Islands

6 September

Norway

16 April

Finland (Swedish Language)

19 August

Sweden

19 August

Grammar

- Faroese
Nominative:	Magnus
Accusative:	Magnus
Dative:	Magnusi
Genitive:	Magnusar

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 12th century ^[2]

Namesakes

Prins Sverre Magnus, Norwegian Prince * 3 December 2005

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[3]		0	1	41877	73680
Denmark[4]		0	n.a.	13271	n.a
Norway[5]		0	0	12288	14342
Finland[6]		n.a.	2	n.a	3491
#: 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^[3][4][5][6]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[5]:

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

References

1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi