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Torfi

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Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Iceland Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

Old Norse name and byname

1) Old Norse younger form of Þórviðr [1]

2) Old Norse younger form of Tiǫrvi [2]

3) Old Norse torf = 'turf, sod' (see also TORF) [3]

Related Names

Torfa ♀
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Icelandic
Torfi ♂
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

See also Tyrfingr

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Torfason Iceland

Female

Torfadóttir Iceland

Combinations

For combinations see TORF (name element)

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Torfi
Accusative: Torfa
Dative: Torfa
Genitive: Torfa

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[5]
152 289
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[6]
4 10 0 2 4 8
Denmark Denmark[7]
6
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 6
n.a.
Norway Norway[8]
0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Finland Finland[9]
n.a.
 1 0 0
n.a.
 1
Greenland Greenland[10]
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 Torfi.


References

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