Reginn

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Male Name

Usage

Old Norse
Icelandic

Origin and Meaning

Old Norse name

Old Norse regin, rǫgn (plural) = 'advise, decision, might, power (of the gods)' (see RAGN) ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Related Names

Regin	♂
Reginn	♂
Rögn	♀

Grammar

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Reginn
Accusative:	Regin
Dative:	Regin
Genitive:	Regins

Combinations

For combinations see RAGN (name element)

Further Information

Mythology

Reginn is a dwarf. His foster son is Sigurð. His brothers and sisters are Fafnir, Otr, Lyngheiðr and Lofnheiðr. His father is Hreiðmarr.

He forges the sword Gramr for Sigurð and provokes him to kill his brother Fafnir. Sigurð is warned about Reginn, however, and finally chops off his head. ^[5]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[6]		0	0	1	1
Denmark[7]		0	n.a.	0	n.a
Norway[8]		0	0	0	0
Finland[9]		0	0	0	0
#: 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 Reginn.

Sources: ^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}

References

1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
3. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
4. ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
5. ↑ Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
6. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
7. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
8. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
9. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi