Ullr

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Male Male Name

Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Iceland Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

Old Norse younger form of *Wulþuz [1] [2]

Related Names

Ull
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Swedish
Ullr
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Icelandic Old Norse
Ullur
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Icelandic

See also Ulli

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Ullarson Iceland
Ullsson Iceland

Female

Ullardóttir Iceland
Ullsdóttir Iceland

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Ullur
Accusative: Ull
Dative: Ulli
Genitive: Ulls / Ullar

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Norse Mythology

  • Ullr is the son of Sif and the step-son of Þórr. He is a good archer and an accomplished skater and skier. He is handsome and of warlike appearance and it is useful to invoke his aid in duels. Ullr lives in Ýdalir. His name is often named in skaldic poetry as a kenning for 'warrior'. It is not certain if he can be counted as one of the Vanir or the Æsir. [4]

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&
Denmark Denmark[5]
1
n.a.
0
n.a.
1
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[6]
0 0 0 0 0 0
Norway Norway[7]
0
n.a.
0
n.a.
0
n.a.
Finland Finland[8]
n.a.
0 0 0 0 0
Greenland Greenland[9]
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 Ullr.


References

  1. Per Vikstrand: Förkristna sakrala personnamn i Skandinavien (Studia anthroponymica Scandinavica 27 (2009), 5–31)
  2. Ferdinand Holthausen: Gotisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (1934)
  3. Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  4. Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
  5. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  6. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  7. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  8. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  9. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/