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Aleksander
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Usage
Norwegian
Finnish
Danish
Swedish
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Origin and Meaning
Danish and Norwegian spelling of Alexander [1] [2] [3]
Related Names
See Alexander
Patronyms [What's That?]
Male
| Aleksanderinpoika |
|
| Aleksandersen |
|
| Aleksanderson |
|
| Aleksanderssen |
|
| Aleksandersson |
|
Female
| Aleksanderdatter |
|
| Aleksanderintytär |
|
| Aleksandersdatter |
|
| Aleksandersdotter |
|
Grammar
| - Danish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Aleksander |
| Genitive: | Aleksanders |
| - Finnish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Aleksander |
| Genitive: | Aleksanderin |
| Partitive: | Aleksanderia |
| - Norwegian |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Aleksander |
| Genitive: | Aleksanders |
| - Swedish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Aleksander |
| Genitive: | Aleksanders |
Name Day
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18 March |
Further Information
Pronunciation
Earliest Documented Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
- Norway: Sogn og Fjordane and Nordafjells in the 18th and 19th century [1]
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& | |
| Finland[5] |
  |
n.a. |
11452 | n.a. |
6 | n.a. |
11446 |
| Sweden[6] |
 |
834 | 1541 | 0 | 2 | 834 | 1539 |
| Denmark[7] |
 |
932 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
932 | n.a. |
 Iceland[8] |
  |
81 | 131 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Norway[9] |
|
7365 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
7365 | n.a. |
 Greenland[10] |
  |
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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Recent Statistics Trend
Sources: Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Inger Lautin (Red.): Hva skal barnet hete? (1993)
- ↑ Per Hedelin: Norstedts svenska uttalslexikon (1997)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/