Roald

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Male Name

Usage

Old Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Swedish

Origin and Meaning

Old Swedish ^[1] and modern ^[2] form of Hróðvaldr

Related Names

See Hróðvaldr

Name Day

Norway

27 August

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1909 (in modern times) ^[2]

Namesakes

Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen, Norwegian explorer of the polar regions (1872-1928)

Roald Dahl, Norwegian-British writer (1916-1990)

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Norway[3]		0	0	2205	3425
Denmark[4]		0	n.a.	239	n.a
Sweden[5]		0	1	62	183
Finland[6]		n.a.	2	n.a	62
#: 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^[3]:

Sources: ^{[5] [4] [3] [6]}

References

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