Vili

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Male Name

Usage

Old Norse
Finnish

Origin and Meaning

1) Old Norse vili = 'will' (see name element VILL) ^{[1] [2]}

2) Finnish pet form of Vilppu ^[3]

3) Finnish variant form of Villi ^[3]

Name Days

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
Country	Female ♀	Male ♂	Commonness
Sweden[4] #	0	11
Denmark[5] #	0	0
Norway[6] #	0	0
Finland[7] &	1	3680
#: 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]:

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