Tiril
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Usage
Origin and Meaning
Norwegian fantasy name, probably inspired by Johan Sebastian Cammermeyer Welhaven's poem "Lokkende Toner" ('Alluring Sounds', 1859), where the refrain is
Tirilil Tove
Langt, langt bort i Skove
'Tirilil Tove'
'Far, far away in the woods' [1]
It also reminds of other names ending in -ril/-rill containing the Old Norse name element HILD [1]
Related Names
| Tiril | ♀ | |
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| Tirill | ♀ | |
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Name Days
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16 June |
Further Information
Tiril has been used in Norway since 1937 [1]
Statistics
| Name count per country | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Commonness | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | ||
| as main name# | also aux. name& | as main name# | also aux. name& | ||
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1689 | 2294 | 0 | 0 | |
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15 | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
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11 | n.a. | 0 | n.a | |
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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. | |||||


References
- ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi














