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Ýr
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Origin and Meaning
Old Norse ýr = 'yew tree, bow' (see YR) [1] [2] [3]
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| Yew tree branch Image by 'Alpsdake',[4] licensed under Creative Commons |
Related Names
| Ýr | ♀ |   |
 
|
See also Ír
Cognates
- German: Ivo
Combinations
For combinations see YR (name element)
Matronyms [What's That?]
Male
| Ýrarson |
|
Female
| Ýrardóttir |
|
Grammar
| - Faroese |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Ýr |
| Accusative: | Ýr |
| Dative: | Ýr |
| Genitive: | Ýrar |
| - Icelandic |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Ýr |
| Accusative: | Ýri |
| Dative: | Ýri |
| Genitive: | Ýrar |
Further Information
Trivia
- Ýr is also used as an Icelandic horse name
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& | |
| Iceland[6] |
  |
32 | 1170 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
 Sweden[7] |
|
0 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
 Denmark[8] |
  |
0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
 Norway[9] |
|
0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
 Finland[10] |
 |
n.a. |
1 | n.a. |
1 | 0 | 0 |
 Greenland[11] |
|
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. |
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No recent statistics trend found in databases for Ýr.
References
- ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
- ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
- ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
- ↑ Wikimedia Commons: Image by 'Alpsdake', source & license
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Digi- ja Väestötietovirasto, Digital and Population Data Services Agency, https://nimipalvelu.dvv.fi
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
