Bård

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Male Name

Usage

Norwegian
Swedish
Danish

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Origin and Meaning

Younger form of Bárðr

Related Names

See *Baðu-friðuR

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Bårdsen
Bårdson
Bårdssen
Bårdsson
Bårdsøn

Female

Bårddatter
Bårdsdatter

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Bård
Genitive:	Bårds

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Bård
Genitive:	Bårds

- Swedish
Nominative:	Bård
Genitive:	Bårds

Name Day

Norway

2 December

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Sweden:
  • 1944
  • Mid-20th century

Predominant Regional Usage

• Sweden:
  • Norrland
  • Dalsland
• Norway:
  • Vestlandet (Hordaland and Nord-Trøndelag, after the Protestant Reformation)
  • Sør-Trøndelag (20th century)
  • Telemark (20th century)

Namesakes etc.

• In Norway (Nordafjells), Bård or Gammal-Bård (old Bård) is a name for the devil

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&
Sweden		28	42	0	0	28	42
Denmark		17	n.a.	0	n.a.	17	n.a.
Norway		3717	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	3717	n.a.
Finland		n.a.	1	0	0	n.a.	1
Greenland		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.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

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Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend