Sverrir

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Male Male Name

Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Iceland Icelandic

Origin and Meaning

Old Norse byname meaning 'troublemaker'

From Old Norse sverri- (Nynorsk sverra) = 'swinging around' [1] [2] [3] [4]

Related Names

     
Sverre ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Sverrer ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Sverri ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese
Sverrir ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic Old Norse
Sverry ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Sverry ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Sværri ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Old Norse

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Sverrir
Accusative: Sverri
Dative: Sverri
Genitive: Sverris

Further Information

Namesakes

Sverrir Sigurðarson, king of Norway (1150-1202)

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&
Sweden Sweden[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m2.png 0 0 19 26
Denmark Denmark[6] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m2.png 0 n.a. 14 n.a
Norway Norway[7] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m2.png 0 0 7 15
Finland Finland[8] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m0.png 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 Sverrir.

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

References

  1. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  2. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
  3. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  4. ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
  5. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  6. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  7. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  8. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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