Ragnar

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Male Male Name

Usage

Norway Norwegian
Sweden Swedish
Iceland Icelandic
Denmark Danish
Faroe Islands Faroese

Origin and Meaning

Old Swedish and modern form of Ragnarr [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Related Names

See Ragnarr

Name Days

Norway Norway

25 May

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

1 October

Sweden Sweden

1 October

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Ragnar
Accusative: Ragnar
Dative: Ragnari
Genitive: Ragnars
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Ragnar
Accusative: Ragnar
Dative: Ragnari
Genitive: Ragnars

Further Information

Namesakes

Ragnar Östberg (14 July 1866 - 5 February 1945), Swedish architect who is most famous for designing Stockholm City Hall

Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch (3 March 1895 – 31 January 1973), Norwegian economist and Nobel laureate (Economics, 1969)

Ragnar Arthur Granit, 30 October 1900 – 12 March 1991, Finnish/Swedish scientist and Nobel laureate (Physiology or Medicine, 1967)

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[6] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 0 3570 5089
Sweden Sweden[7] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 0 2602 17844
Denmark Denmark[8] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m3.png 0 n.a. 147 n.a
Finland Finland[9] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m4.png n.a. 2 n.a 3286
  #: 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][8][6][9]:Name statistics for Ragnar(m)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[6]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Ragnar(m)


Sources: [7] [8] [6] [9]

References

  1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
  2. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  3. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  4. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  5. ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
  6. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  7. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  8. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  9. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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