Vili

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Male Male Name

Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Finland Finnish

Origin and Meaning

1) Old Norse vili = 'will' (see name element VILL for more information and Ville for more related names) [1] [2]

2) Finnish pet form of Vilppu [3]

3) Finnish variant form of Villi (see Ville) [3]

Related Names

     
Vili Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish Old Norse

Name Days

Finland Finland

6 April

Further Information

Mythology

Vili is a giant in the Norse mythology. He is the son of Burr and Bestla. His brothers are Óðinn and Vé.

Vili and Vé take over the rule of the Æsir during Óðinn's exile and they share his wife Frigg until he returns. [2]

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m2.png 0 0 12 23
Denmark Denmark[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m0.png 0 n.a. 0 n.a
Norway Norway[6] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m0.png 0 0 0 0
Finland Finland[7] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m4.png n.a. 3 n.a 3858
  #: 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[4][5][6][7]:Name statistics for Vili(m)


Sources: [4] [5] [6] [7]

References

  1. Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
  2. Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
  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