Skírnir

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Male Name

Usage

Old Norse
Icelandic

Origin and Meaning

Old Norse skírnir = 'shining one' (see also SKIR) ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Related Names

Skirne	♂
Skirner	♂
Skírnir	♂

Combinations

See SKIR (name element)

Grammar

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Skírnir
Accusative:	Skírni
Dative:	Skírni
Genitive:	Skírnis

Further Information

In Norse mythology, Skírnir is a servant of Freyr. ^[1]

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	0	0
Denmark[5]		0	n.a.	0	n.a
Finland[6]		0	0	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.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Skírnir.

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

References

1. ↑ Lars Magnar Enoksen: Norrøne guder og myter (2008)
2. ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
3. ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
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
7. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no