Pål

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Male Name

Usage

Norwegian
Swedish
Danish

Origin and Meaning

Modern form of Páll ^[1]

Related Names

See Páll

Name Days

Norway

25 January

Sweden

25 January

Further Information

Predominant Regional Usage

Sweden: Skåne, Jämtland ^[1]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Norway[2]		0	0	4687	9321
Sweden[3]		1	2	590	1028
Denmark[4]		0	n.a.	46	n.a
Finland[5]		n.a.	4	n.a	20
#: 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^[3][4][2][5]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[2]:

Sources: ^{[3] [4] [2] [5]}

References

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