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Female Name
This name is used both as a female and a male name. See Nike m for the male version.
Usage
Swedish
Danish
Finnish
Norwegian
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Origin and Meaning
1) Greek νικη (nike) = 'victory' (see NIK) [1]
2) Variant form of Nika [2]
Related Names
Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Nike
|
Genitive: |
Nikes
|
- Finnish |
Nominative: |
Nike
|
Genitive: |
Niken
|
Partitive: |
Nikeä
|
- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Nike
|
Genitive: |
Nikes
|
- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Nike
|
Genitive: |
Nikes
|
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Trivia
- Sweden: In January 1973, 19 people were named Nike f (percentage of first or only given name: 53 %) [5]
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
---|
Sweden[6] |
|
1272 |
2002 |
1248 |
1944 |
24 |
58 |
Greenland[7] |
|
0 |
171 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Denmark[8] |
|
22 |
n.a. |
12 |
n.a. |
10 |
n.a. |
Finland[9] |
|
n.a. |
31 |
n.a. |
26 |
n.a. |
5 |
Norway[10] |
|
23 |
n.a. |
23 |
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. |
Statistics as female name
Recent statistics trend[6][8][10][9]:
Sources: [6] [8] [10] [9]
References
- ↑ Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ Judith Ahrholdt: Nordic Names - www.nordicnames.de (2004-2024).
- ↑ Riksarkivet/SVAR - Svensk arkivinformation: Sveriges befolkning 1990
- ↑ Danish Family Search, https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no