Tristan

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Icelandic
Danish
Norwegian

Origin and Meaning

1) English form of the Celtic name Drystan

Celtic drest, drust = 'riot, tumult' ^[1]

2) Tristan is sometimes associated with the Latin word tristus = 'sad' ^[1]

Related Names

Tístram	♂
Tristan	♂

Grammar

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Tristan
Accusative:	Tristan
Dative:	Tristani
Genitive:	Tristans

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Denmark[2]		0	n.a.	988	n.a
Sweden[3]		0	0	548	837
Norway[4]		0	0	151	246
Finland[5]		n.a.	2	n.a	199
#: 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.

 

Recent statistics trend^[3][2][4][5]:

Sources: ^{[3] [2] [4] [5]}

References

1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
2. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
5. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi