Pontus

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Finnish
Danish
Norwegian

Origin and Meaning

1) Greek ποντος (pontos) = 'ocean' ^[1]

2) Short form of Pontianus ^[1]

Related Names

Pontius	♂
Pontte	♂
Pontti	♂
Ponttius	♂
Ponttu	♂
Pontus	♂
Potte	♂

Name Days

Finland (Swedish Language)

20 November

Sweden

20 November

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1616 ^[1]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[2]		0	0	12929	15590
Denmark[3]		0	n.a.	16	n.a
Norway[4]		0	0	15	57
Finland[5]		0	0	n.a	586
#: 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^[2][3][4][5]:

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

References

1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
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. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
5. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi