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Snorri

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Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Sweden Swedish

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Origin and Meaning

Old Norse name and byname

1) Old Norse snúa = 'to turn oneself quickly' [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

2) Old Norse snerra = 'hard fighting' [4]

Related Names

SnóR ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Old Norse
Snorre ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Norwegian Swedish
Snorri ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Faroese Icelandic Norwegian Old Norse Swedish
SnorriR ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Old Norse

For female forms see Snorra

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Snorrason Iceland

Female

Snorradóttir Iceland

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Snorri
Genitive: Snorris
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Snorri
Accusative: Snorra
Dative: Snorra
Genitive: Snorra
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Snorri
Accusative: Snorra
Dative: Snorra
Genitive: Snorra
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Snorri
Genitive: Snorris
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Snorri
Genitive: Snorris

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Namesakes

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&
Iceland Iceland[7]
551 735
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Denmark Denmark[8]
31
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 31
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[9]
14 24 0 0 14 24
Finland Finland[10]
n.a.
 3 0 0
n.a.
 3
Norway Norway[11]
31
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
 31
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[12]
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.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Snorri.


References

  1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  3. ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  5. ↑ Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  6. ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  7. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  8. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  9. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  10. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  11. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  12. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
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