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Finnish
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Greek name of uncertain origin and meaning
Theories include
1) Hebrew (eli)melech = '(God is) king' and Hebrew or = 'light' [1] [2] [3]
2) Persian melk = 'king' and Persian quart = 'city' [4]
3) Babylonian name of unknown meaning [5]
Melcher | ♂ |
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Melchior | ♂ |
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Melker | ♂ |
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Melkior | ♂ |
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Melkíor | ♂ |
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Melkir | ♂ |
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Melkjor | ♂ |
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Melkor | ♂ |
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For female forms see Melka, Melkiorine
- Danish | |
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Nominative: | Melchior |
Genitive: | Melchiors |
- Finnish | |
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Nominative: | Melchior |
Genitive: | Melchiorin |
Partitive: | Melchioria |
- Norwegian | |
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Nominative: | Melchior |
Genitive: | Melchiors |
- Swedish | |
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Nominative: | Melchior |
Genitive: | Melchiors |
One of the Three Wise Men or Magi, who brought gifts to the infant Jesus (see also Baltasar and Kaspar)
Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
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| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
Sweden[6] |
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12 | 85 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 82 |
Finland[7] |
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n.a. |
23 | 0 | 0 | n.a. |
23 |
Denmark[8] |
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3 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
3 | n.a. |
Greenland[9] |
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0 | 3 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[10] |
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10 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
10 | n.a. |
Iceland[11] |
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0 | 1 | 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. |
No recent statistics trend found in databases for Melchior.