Signhild

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Female Name

Usage

Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Faroese
Finnish

Origin and Meaning

1) Variant form of Signil ^{[1] [2]}

2) Younger form of Siganhilt (see Siguhilt) ^[1]

3) New combination of SIGN and HILD ^[3]

Related Names

Signhild	♀
Signhildur	♀
Signild	♀
Sygnilde	♀
Søgnhild	♀
Søgnhilde	♀
Søgnilde	♀

Name Days

Finland (Swedish Language)

23 August

Sweden

23 August

Grammar

- Faroese
Nominative:	Signhild
Accusative:	Signhild
Dative:	Signhild
Genitive:	Signhildar

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Norway: 18th century ^[2]
Sweden: 1859 ^[1]

Predominant Regional Usage

Norway (18th and 19th century): Troms ^[2]
Norway (20th century): Oslo, Hordaland, Nord-Noreg ^[2]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[4]		527	1783	0	0
Norway[5]		34	69	0	0
Denmark[6]		6	n.a.	0	n.a
Finland[7]		n.a.	259	n.a	1
#: 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.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Signhild.

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

References

1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
2. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
3. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
6. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
7. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi