Norna

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Female Name

Usage

Swedish
Finnish

Origin and Meaning

Old Norse norn = probably related to a word meaning 'to whisper something to someone' ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Related Names

Norna	♀

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1863 ^[3]

Mythology

The Norns are the 'women of destiny' in the Norse mythology

Statistics

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Norna.

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

References

1. ↑ Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
2. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
3. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
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