Ragnvald

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Male Name

Usage

Old Swedish
Norwegian
Swedish
Finnish
Danish
Faroese
Icelandic

Origin and Meaning

Old Swedish and modern form of Ragnvaldr ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Related Names

See Ragnvaldr

Name Days

Norway

21 August

Finland (Swedish Language)

5 September

Sweden

15 July

Grammar

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Ragnvald
Accusative:	Ragnvald
Dative:	Ragnvald
Genitive:	Ragnvalds

- Faroese
Nominative:	Ragnvald
Accusative:	Ragnvald
Dative:	Ragnvald
Genitive:	Ragnvalds

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1872 (in modern times) ^[3]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Norway[4]		0	0	460	719
Sweden[5]		0	0	155	1777
Denmark[6]		0	n.a.	10	n.a
Finland[7]		n.a.	2	n.a	295
#: 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.

 

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[4]:

Sources: ^{[5] [6] [4] [7]}

References

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