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Beda
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Usage
Swedish
Finnish
Danish
Norwegian
Origin and Meaning
Latinised from of the Old English male (!) name Bede [1] [2] [3] [4]
Old English bede = 'begging man, praying man' [1] [2]
Related Names
| Beda | ♀ |   |
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| Bedin | ♂ |   |
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| Bedine | ♀ | |
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| Beeda | ♀ |  |
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See also Bedda
Grammar
| - Danish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Beda |
| Genitive: | Bedas |
| - Finnish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Beda |
| Genitive: | Bedan |
| Partitive: | Bedaa |
| - Norwegian |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Beda |
| Genitive: | Bedas |
| - Swedish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Beda |
| Genitive: | Bedas |
Name Days
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26 May |
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26 May |
Faroe Islands
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27 May |
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
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& | |
| Sweden[5] |
|
139 | 494 | 0 | 2 |
| Norway[6] |
 |
20 | n.a. | 0 | n.a. |
| Denmark[7] |
|
6 | n.a. | 0 | n.a. |
| Finland[8] |
|
n.a. | 674 | 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. |
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No recent statistics trend found in databases for Beda.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ Elof Hellquist: Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1922)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi