Rufus

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Male Male Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian

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Origin and Meaning

Latin rufus = 'red, red-haired' [1]

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For female forms see Rufina

Name Day

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

27 August

Further Information

Strongest Period of Usage

Sweden: 1980-1999 [1]

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
Sweden Sweden[2]
398 581 0 0 398 581
Finland Finland[3]
n.a.
290 0 0
n.a.
290
Denmark Denmark[4]
39
n.a.
0
n.a.
39
n.a.
Norway Norway[5]
19
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
19
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[6]
0 0
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: 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

Name statistics for Rufus (m) Sources: [2][4][5][3]


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  3. 3.0 3.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  4. 4.0 4.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. 5.0 5.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  6. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/