Stefnir

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Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Iceland Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

Old Norse stefnir = 'coxswain, helmsman, steersman, one who directs' [1] [2] [3] [4]

Related Names

Stefnir
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Icelandic Old Norse

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Stefnisson Iceland

Female

Stefnisdóttir Iceland

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Stefnir
Accusative: Stefni
Dative: Stefni
Genitive: Stefnis

Further Information

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[6]
32 41
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[7]
0 0 0 0 0 0
Denmark Denmark[8]
0
n.a.
0
n.a.
0
n.a.
Norway Norway[9]
0
n.a.
0
n.a.
0
n.a.
Finland Finland[10]
n.a.
0 0 0 0 0
Greenland Greenland[11]
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 Stefnir.


References

  1. Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
  2. Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
  3. Richard Cleasby, Gudbrand Vigfusson: An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)
  4. Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
  5. Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  6. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  7. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  8. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  9. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  10. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  11. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/