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Búi

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Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese

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Origin and Meaning

Old Norse name and byname

Old Norse búi = 'dweller' [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Related Names

Bo ♂
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 Danish Finish Greenlandic Icelandic Norwegian Old Danish Old Swedish Swedish
Bó ♂
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Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Old Norse
Boa ♀
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 Greenlandic Swedish
Boe ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Old Swedish Swedish
Bói ♂
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Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Icelandic Old Norse
Boo ♂
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 Old Swedish Swedish
Bosse ♂
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 Danish Norwegian Swedish
Bue ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Norwegian Old Danish Old Swedish Swedish
Búgvi ♂
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 Faroese
Búi ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Faroese Icelandic Old Norse
Bui ♂
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 Danish

See also Bobo, Drósbói

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Búason Faroe Islands Iceland

Female

Búadóttir Faroe Islands Iceland

Combinations

For combinations see BO (name element)

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Búi
Accusative: Búa
Dative: Búa
Genitive: Búa
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Búi
Accusative: Búa
Dative: Búa
Genitive: Búa

Further Information

Norse Mythology

Trivia

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

Please turn your device to landscape orientation for better view of statistics tables and graphs.
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 Iceland[10]
20 93
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Denmark Denmark[11]
3
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 3
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[12]
0 0 0 0 0 0
Norway Norway[13]
0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Finland Finland[14]
n.a.
 0 0 0 0 0
Greenland Greenland[15]
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.

 

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Búi (m) Sources: [16]


References

  1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
  2. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  3. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  4. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  5. ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
  6. ↑ Elof Hellquist: Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1922)
  7. ↑ Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
  8. ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  9. ↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
  10. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  11. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  12. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  13. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  14. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  15. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  16. ↑ details see Name Statistic tables
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