Snær

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Male Name

Usage

Old Norse
Icelandic

Origin and Meaning

Old Norse snjár, snjór, snær = 'snow' (see SNÆ) ^[1]

Related Names

Snio	♂
SnióR	♂
Snæja	♀
Snær	♂
Snö	♂

Further Information

Namesakes

Hilmir Snær Guðnasson, Icelandic actor, *24th January, 1969

Mythology

In the Norse mythology, Snær was a king in Finland, the personification of the snow. He was the son of Jǫkull and had four children, three daughters (Mjǫll, Fǫnn and Drífa) and one son (Þorri).

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[2]		0	0	1	12
Denmark[3]		0	n.a.	0	n.a
Norway[4]		0	0	0	0
Finland[5]		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.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Snær.

Sources: ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

References

1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
2. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
5. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi