Osvald

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Male Male Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish

Origin and Meaning

Modern form of Osvaldr [1] [2]

Related Names

See Osvaldr

Name Days

Norway Norway

5 August

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

11 January

Sweden Sweden

3 October

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1574 [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&
Norway Norway[3] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m3.png 0 0 211 391
Denmark Denmark[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m3.png 0 n.a. 203 n.a
Sweden Sweden[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m3.png 0 0 83 858
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 0 n.a 2672
  #: 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.

 



Norwegian historic statistics trend[3]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Osvald(m)


Sources: [5] [4] [3] [6]

References

  1. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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