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Brynja
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Usage
Icelandic
Faroese
Danish
Norwegian Norwegian
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Origin and Meaning
Old Norse brynja = 'coat of mail, armour, protection' (see also BRYN) [1] [2] [3] [4]
Related Names
| Bryn | ♀ |   |
|
| Brynja | ♀ |   |
|
See also Binna
For male forms see Bryn m
Matronyms [What's That?]
Male
| Brynjuson |
|
Female
| Brynjudóttir |
|
Combinations
For combinations see BRYN (name element)
Grammar
| - Danish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Brynja |
| Genitive: | Brynjas |
| - Faroese |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Brynja |
| Accusative: | Brynju |
| Dative: | Brynju |
| Genitive: | Brynju |
| - Icelandic |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Brynja |
| Accusative: | Brynju |
| Dative: | Brynju |
| Genitive: | Brynju |
| - Norwegian |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Brynja |
| Genitive: | Brynjas |
 - Swedish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Brynja |
| Genitive: | Brynjas |
Further Information
- Iceland: Officially approved as a given name [5]
- Faroe Islands: Officially approved as a given name [6]
Earliest Documented Usage
Trivia
- Brynja is also used as an Icelandic horse name
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& | |
| Iceland[8] |
  |
693 | 922 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Denmark[9] |
 |
49 | n.a. |
49 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
| Sweden[10] |
|
16 | 28 | 16 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
 Finland[11] |
|
n.a. |
4 | n.a. |
4 | 0 | 0 |
| Norway[12] |
|
20 | n.a. |
20 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
 Greenland[13] |
  |
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. |
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Sources: [14]
References
- ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
- ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
- ↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
- ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables