Angeyja

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Usage

Old Norse name

1) Combination of ANG and EY ^[1]

2) 'Those of the narrow island' ^[2]

3) 'the harasser' ^[2]

4) Related to Old Norse geyja = 'bark' ^[2]

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Angeyja is the name of a giantess. She is one of the nine mothers of Heimdallr mentioned in the Vǫluspá in skamma. ^[2]

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Country	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&
Sweden^[3]	0	0	0	0	0	0
Denmark^[4]	0	n.a.	0	n.a.	0	n.a.
Norway^[5]	0	n.a.	0	n.a.	0	n.a.
Finland^[6]	n.a.	0	0	0	0	0
Greenland^[7]	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.

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Angeyja.

↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
↑ 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/