Ragna

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Female Name

Usage

Old Norse
Old Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Swedish
Finnish
Icelandic
Faroese

Origin and Meaning

Old Norse short form of names containing the name element RAGN ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Related Names

See Ragni

Name Days

Norway

25 May

Finland (Swedish Language)

15 July

Sweden

1 October

Grammar

- Faroese
Nominative:	Ragna
Accusative:	Ragnu
Dative:	Ragnu
Genitive:	Ragnu

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Ragna
Accusative:	Rögnu
Dative:	Rögnu
Genitive:	Rögnu

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1883 (in modern times) ^[4]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Norway[5]		908	1697	0	0
Denmark[6]		713	n.a.	0	n.a
Sweden[7]		606	1154	0	0
Finland[8]		n.a.	76	n.a	3
#: 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^[7][6][5][8]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[5]:

Sources: ^{[7] [6] [5] [8]}

References

1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
2. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
3. ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
4. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
6. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
7. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
8. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi