Niklas

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Male Male Name

Usage

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

Origin and Meaning

1) Short form of Nikolas (see Nikolás) [1]

2) Low German form of Niklaus [2] [3]

Related Names

     
Nichlaes ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Nichlas ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Nicklas ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Niclas ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Niglæs ♂ Old Danish
Nikla ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Niklaes ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Niklas ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Norwegian Old Danish Old Swedish Swedish
Nikles ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish

Name Days

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

6 December

Finland Finland

6 December

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

6 December

Sweden Sweden

6 December

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Niklas
Accusative: Niklas
Dative: Niklasi
Genitive: Niklasar

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1593 [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&
Sweden Sweden[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m5.png 0 0 22471 30450
Denmark Denmark[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 n.a. 2993 n.a
Norway Norway[6] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 0 1274 1635
Finland Finland[7] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m5.png n.a. 1 n.a 8505
  #: 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[4][5][6][7]:Name statistics for Niklas(m)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[6]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Niklas(m)


Sources: [4] [5] [6] [7]

References

  1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  6. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  7. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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