Nanna

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Female Female Name

Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Sweden Swedish
Iceland Icelandic
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish
Denmark Danish
Faroe Islands Faroese

Origin and Meaning

1) Old Norse name deriving from Ancient Germanic *nanþi- = 'bold, daring' (see NAND) [1] [2]

2) Pet form of Anna [1] [2] [3]

3) Pet form of Johanna [1] [2] [3]

4) Pet form of Amanda [1] [3]

5) Pet form of Marianne [3]

6) Swedish nanna (dial.) = 'mummy'

Related Names

     
Nan ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Nana ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Swedish
Naná ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Nane ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Swedish
Nann ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Swedish
Nanna ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Old Norse Swedish
Nánná ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Nannah ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Nanne ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish

See also Nanne m, Nanni and Nenna and Nonne

Combinations

For combinations see NAND (name element)

Name Days

Norway Norway

4 April

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

9 July

Sweden Sweden

3 April

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Nanna
Accusative: Nannu
Dative: Nannu
Genitive: Nannu
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Nanna
Accusative: Nönnu
Dative: Nönnu
Genitive: Nönnu

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1802 (in modern times) [1]

Mythology

Nanna is the name of an Ásynja (= goddess). She is the daughter of Nepr, married to Baldr and mother to Forseti. When Baldr had been killed by Hǫðr, she was overcome with grief and threw herself onto Baldr's funeral pyre. [4] [5] [2]

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Denmark Denmark[6] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m0.png 11666 n.a. 0 n.a
Sweden Sweden[7] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m1.png 1119 2501 0 1
Norway Norway[8] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m0.png 262 587 0 0
Finland Finland[9] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m0.png n.a. 1064 0 0
  #: 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[7][6][8][9]:Name statistics for Nanna(f)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[8]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Nanna(f)


Sources: [7] [6] [8] [9]

References

  1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  3. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  4. ↑ Lars Magnar Enoksen: Norrøne guder og myter (2008)
  5. ↑ Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
  6. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  7. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  8. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  9. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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