Seth

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Male Name

Usage

Old Swedish
Swedish
Finnish
Danish
Norwegian

Origin and Meaning

1) Latin form of Σηθ (Seth), a Greek form of the Hebrew name שֵׁת (Shet) = 'placed, appointed, supplanting one' ^{[1] [2]}

2) Nordic form of Σεθ (Seth), a Greek form of the Egyptian name Setekh = 'pillar, column' ^[3]

Related Names

Set	♂
Seth	♂
Zeth	♂

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1451 ^[2]

Bible

In the Old Testament, Seth was the third son of Adam and Eva .

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[4]		0	0	866	2169
Denmark[5]		0	n.a.	43	n.a
Norway[6]		0	0	10	37
Finland[7]		n.a.	1	n.a	260
#: 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][6][7]:

Sources: ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

References

1. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
3. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
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. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
7. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi