Mette

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Female Name

Usage

Old Danish
Danish
Norwegian
Swedish
Finnish

Origin and Meaning

1) Low German pet form of Mechthilde (see Mechthild) ^{[1] [2] [3]}

2) Danish pet form of Merete ^{[2] [3]}

Related Names

Metta	♀
Mette	♀
Mätta	♀

See also Metea

Combinations

For combinations see METTE (name element)

Name Days

Denmark

3 October

Finland

14 March

Norway

14 March

Further Information

Namesakes

Kronprinsesse Mette-Marit (Norwegian crown princess, born: 19th August, 1973)

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Denmark[4]		39337	n.a.	0	n.a
Norway[5]		6781	9789	0	0
Sweden[6]		776	1025	1	2
Finland[7]		n.a.	1098	n.a	3
#: 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^[6][4][5][7]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[5]:

Sources: ^{[6] [4] [5] [7]}

References

1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
2. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
3. ↑ Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
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. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
7. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi