Sjur

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Male Name

Usage

Norwegian
Swedish

Origin and Meaning

Norwgian and Swedish dialectal short form of Sigurd ^{[1] [2]})

Related Names

See *Sigvǫrðr

Name Day

Norway

23 December

Further Information

Predominant Regional Usage

Norway: Oppland, Hallingdal ^[1]
Sweden: Norrland ^[2]

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	826	1256
Sweden[4]		2	8	9	17
Denmark[5]		0	n.a.	4	n.a
Finland[6]		n.a.	1	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.

 

Recent statistics trend^[4][5][3][6]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[3]:

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

References

1. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
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