Peik

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Male Name

Usage

Danish
Swedish
Norwegian
Finnish

Origin and Meaning

The name appears in folk tales in the Swedish-speaking parts of Finland and its meaning is uncertain.

Some theories:

1) Finnish poika = 'boy'

2) Finnish peikko = 'troll'

3) The Norwegian author Barbra Ring used it as a short form of Pavel Benedict for her novel ' Peik '

4) In Denmark, Peik is a Frisian pet form of Pay (variant form of Paulus)

Related Names

Peik	♂
Pejk	♂

Name Days

Finland (Swedish Language)

8 October

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Norway[1]		0	0	27	48
Sweden[2]		0	0	11	16
Denmark[3]		0	n.a.	5	n.a
Finland[4]		n.a.	1	n.a	229
#: 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.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Peik.

Sources: ^{[2] [3] [1] [4]}

References

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