Tuva

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Female Name

Usage

Swedish
Norwegian

Origin and Meaning

1) Variant form of Tova (see Tófi) ^{[1] [2]}

2) Swedish tuva = 'tussock, tuft of grass' ^[2]

Related Names

Tuva	♀

Name Days

Norway

2 November

Further Information

Namesakes

Tuva Moa Matilda Karolin Novotny Hedström, Swedish Actress (*1979)

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[3]		3833	4413	0	0
Norway[4]		2866	3801	0	0
Denmark[5]		11	n.a.	0	n.a
Finland[6]		n.a.	61	n.a	3
#: 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][5][4][6]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[4]:

Sources: ^{[3] [5] [4] [6]}

References

1. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
2. ↑ Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
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. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi