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Usage
Danish
Swedish
Norwegian
Finnish
Faroese
Greenlandic
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Origin and Meaning
Celtic name of uncertain meaning.
Theories include
1) Old Celtic *brig = 'high', 'noble' [1] [2]
2) Old Celtic bre = 'hill' [1] [3] [4] [2]
Related Names
For female forms see Brianna
Male
Briansson
|
|
Female
Briansdóttir
|
|
Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Brian
|
Genitive: |
Brians
|
- Faroese |
Nominative: |
Brian
|
Accusative: |
Brian
|
Dative: |
Briani
|
Genitive: |
Brians
|
- Finnish |
Nominative: |
Brian
|
Genitive: |
Brianin
|
Partitive: |
Briania
|
- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Brian
|
Genitive: |
Brians
|
- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Brian
|
Genitive: |
Brians
|
Name Days
Faroe Islands
|
5 September
|
Norway
|
5 September
|
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Namesakes
- Brian Nielsen (born 1 April 1965), Danish professional boxer
- Brian Laudrup (born 22 February 1969), Danish former professional football player
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
---|
Denmark[7] |
|
18144 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
18144 |
n.a. |
Sweden[8] |
|
923 |
1426 |
0 |
2 |
923 |
1424 |
Finland[9] |
|
n.a. |
628 |
0 |
0 |
n.a. |
628 |
Greenland[10] |
|
106 |
146 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Iceland[11] |
|
13 |
24 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[12] |
|
828 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
828 |
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
Sources: [8][7][12][9]
Top List Ranking
Sources: [13]
Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn,
http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, census of 2011, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables