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Mai 2020

24 Mai 2020

Looking at the endings of the current female top 50 statistics lists, it is quite obvious that a-endings are by far the most popular ones.

17 Mai 2020

Happy Syttende Mai! Norway

April 2020

25 April 2020

On the occasion of this week's World Book Day, we would like to tell you something about the fantastic books we used (and still use) to create this website.

12 April 2020

God påske! Gleðiligar páskir! Hyvää pääsiäistä! Poorskimi pilluarits! Gleðilega páska! Buorit Beassážat! Glad påsk!

5 April 2020

A lot of Biblical and Saints’ boys’ names are in a nosedive in Denmark at the moment. If you look at the statistics of the last 10 years, a certain type of name is declining strongly: Boys’ names from the Bible and Saints’ names:

March 2020

29 March 2020

Some of Saturn's moons have got Nordic names. They are taken from the Norse mythology. Learn about the moons and about their names here:

21 March 2020

Names are typically distributed differently within the regions of a country. For Sweden, we have now performed an analysis, based on peoples' places of birth in the 19th century.

7 March 2020

Nielsen, Jensen, Hansen - Have a look at the most common surnames in Denmark

1 March 2020

In 2022, seven new names will be added to the Swedish name day calendar.

February 2020

23 February 2020

Greenlandic given names are often quite long and look very exotic to foreigners. Once you recognize the different suffixes, the names become much easier to understand. Have a look!

16 February 2020

Autumn and winter are typical storm seasons in the Nordic countries. Heavy storms are blowing outside while hygge, mys and sauna become more and more important! For some years now, heavy storms have been named in the Nordic countries. Have a look at our collection of those names: