Snorri

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Male Male Name

Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese

Origin and Meaning

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

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

Related Names

     
SnóR ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Old Norse
Snorra ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic
Snorre ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Snorri ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese Icelandic Old Norse
SnorriR ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Old Norse

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Snorri
Accusative: Snorra
Dative: Snorra
Genitive: Snorra
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Snorri
Accusative: Snorra
Dative: Snorra
Genitive: Snorra

Further Information

Namesakes

Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet and politician (1178-1241)

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Denmark Denmark[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m2.png 0 n.a. 31 n.a
Norway Norway[6] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m2.png 0 0 20 28
Sweden Sweden[7] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m2.png 0 0 14 18
Finland Finland[8] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m1.png n.a. 2 n.a 2
  #: 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.

Sources: [7] [5] [6] [8]

References

  1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
  2. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  3. ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
  4. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  6. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  7. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  8. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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