Saga

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Female Female Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish

Origin and Meaning

1) Modern form of Sága [1]

2) Swedish saga = 'fairy tale' [1] [2]

Related Names

     
Saaga ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Saga ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish

See also Satu and Taru

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Saga
Accusative: Sögu
Dative: Sögu
Genitive: Sögu

Name Day

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

17 October

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1873 (in modern times) [1]

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[3] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m1.png 6857 10592 1 1
Norway Norway[4] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m0.png 73 174 0 0
Denmark Denmark[5] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m0.png 54 n.a. 0 n.a
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m0.png n.a. 3500 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.

 

Recent statistics trend[3][5][4][6]:Name statistics for Saga(f)


Sources: [3] [5] [4] [6]

References

  1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. ↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
  3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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