Burr

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Usage

Old Norse borr, burr = 'son' ^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

For female forms see Borō

Burr is a giant in the Northern mythology. He is the son of Búri and the father of Óðinn, Vili and Vé. His wife is Bestla ^[2]
Burr is one of the sons of Jarl and Erna in the Rígsþula

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Country	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&
Sweden^[4]	2	6	0	0	2	6
Denmark^[5]	0	n.a.	0	n.a.	0	n.a.
Norway^[6]	0	n.a.	0	n.a.	0	n.a.
Finland^[7]	n.a.	1	0	0	n.a.	1
Greenland^[8]	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.

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Burr.

↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
↑ Lena Peterson: Lexikon över urnordiska personnamn (2004)
↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
↑ Digi- ja Väestötietovirasto, Digital and Population Data Services Agency, https://nimipalvelu.dvv.fi
↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/