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Askja

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Female Female Name

Usage

Iceland Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

Icelandic askja = 'little box' or 'caldera' (of a vulcano) [1]

Related Names

Askja ♀
Frequency of X occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today
Frequency of X occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today
 Icelandic

See also Eskja

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Öskjuson Iceland

Female

Öskjudóttir Iceland

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Askja
Accusative: Öskju
Dative: Öskju
Genitive: Öskju

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

  • Iceland: Officially accepted as a given name on 28 May 2004 [2]

Statistics

Name Count per Country

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Denmark Denmark[3]
2 n.a. 0 n.a.
Iceland Iceland[4]
2 3 0 0
Sweden Sweden[5]
1 2 0 0
Norway Norway[6]
0 n.a. 0 n.a.
Finland Finland[7]
0 0 0 0
  #: 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 Askja.

Sources: [5] [3] [6] [7]

References

  1. ↑ Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
  2. ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  4. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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