Vale

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Male Name

Usage

Old Swedish
Swedish
Finnish

Origin and Meaning

1) Old Swedish and modern form of Váli ^{[1] [2]}

2) Finnish dialectal short form (Pohjanmaa) of Valentin ^[3]

3) Latin vale = 'goodbye, farewell' (see also Ave and Salve) ^[2]

Related Names

Vale	♂

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1898 ^[2]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[4]		2	2	4	15
Denmark[5]		0	n.a.	0	n.a
Norway[6]		0	0	0	0
Finland[7]		n.a.	3	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.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Vale.

Sources: ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

References

1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
3. ↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
6. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
7. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi