Sigbjørn

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Male Name

Usage

Norwegian
Faroese
Danish

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Origin and Meaning

Norwegian and Faroese younger form of Sigbiǫrn

Related Names

See Sigbiǫrn

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Sigbjarnarson
Sigbjørnsen
Sigbjørnson
Sigbjørnssen
Sigbjørnsson
Sigbjørnsøn

Female

Sigbjarnardóttir
Sigbjørndatter
Sigbjørnsdatter
Sigbjørnsdóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Sigbjørn
Genitive:	Sigbjørns

- Faroese
Nominative:	Sigbjørn
Accusative:	Sigbjørn
Dative:	Sigbjørn / Sigbirni
Genitive:	Sigbjarnar / Sigbjørns

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Sigbjørn
Genitive:	Sigbjørns

Name Day

Norway

15 February

Further Information

Strongest Period of Usage

• Norway: 1940-1970

Predominant Regional Usage

• Norway: Agder and Rogaland after the Protestant Reformation; Sørlandet and Vestlandet (esp. Rogaland) after ca. 1940

Namesakes

• Sigbjørn Obstfelder (21 November 1866 – 29 July 1900), Norwegian writer and poet

• Sigbjørn Johnsen (born 1 October 1950), Norwegian politician

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&
Denmark		8	n.a.	0	n.a.	8	n.a.
Sweden		2	3	0	0	2	3
Norway		1878	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	1878	n.a.
Finland		n.a.	1	0	0	n.a.	1
Greenland		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

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Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend