Torgny

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Norwegian
Danish

Origin and Meaning

• First element (Tor-), see Tor:
  • The name of the god Þórr , the personification of thunder

• Last element (-gny), see -gny:
  • Old Norse gnýr = 'clash, din'

Related Names

Thorgny	♂
Torgni	♂
Torgny	♂
Þorgnýr	♂
Þórgnýr	♂
Tor	♂

Name Days

Finland (Swedish Language)

11 March

Sweden

26 February

Further Information

In rare cases, Torgny is used as a female name in Sweden and Norway because of its similarity to names like Dagny or Borgny

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Female ♀	Male ♂	Commonness
Sweden[1] #	2	1970
Norway[2] #	0	104
Denmark[3] #	0	7
Finland[4] &	2	29
#: 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 Torgny.

Sources: ^{[1] [3] [2] [4]}

References

1. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
2. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
4. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi