Melchior

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Male Male Name

Usage

Old Swedish Old Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish

Origin and Meaning

Greek name of uncertain origin and meaning

Theories include

1) Hebrew (eli)melech = '(God is) king' and Hebrew or = 'light'

2) Persian melk = 'king' and Persian quart = 'city' [1]

3) Babylonian name of unknown meaning [2]

Related Names

     
Melcher ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Old Swedish Swedish
Melchior ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
Melker ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Melkior ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian Swedish
Melkíor ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic
Melkiorine ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Melkir ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese
Melkjor ♂ Faroese

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1426 [2]

Bible

One of the Three Wise Men or Magi, who brought gifts to the infant Jesus (see also Baltasar and Kaspar)

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂Trend
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[3] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m2.png 0 2 8 63 Statimg trend 999.png
Norway Norway[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m2.png 0 0 7 10 Statimg trend 999.png
Denmark Denmark[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m1.png 0 n.a. 4 n.a Statimg trend 999.png
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m2.png n.a. 2 n.a 13 Statimg trend 999.png
  #: 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.

Sources: [3] [5] [4] [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. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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