Runar

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Male Name

Usage

Norwegian
Finnish
Swedish
Danish

Origin and Meaning

Nordic name of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include:

1) New combination of RUN and HER ^{[1] [2]}

2) Nordic form of a Celtic name meaning 'beloved man' ^[1]

Related Names

Runar	♂
Rúnar	♂
Ryynari	♂

Name Days

Norway

2 June

Finland (Swedish Language)

15 September

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1871 ^[1]

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	3017	3428
Sweden[4]		0	0	241	836
Denmark[5]		0	n.a.	18	n.a
Finland[6]		n.a.	1	n.a	2640
#: 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^[4][5][3][6]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[3]:

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

References

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