Bylgja

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Female Female Name

Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish

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Origin and Meaning

Old Norse bylgja = 'billow', 'wave' [1] [2]

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Related Names

Bylgja
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Danish Faroese Icelandic Norwegian Old Norse

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Bylgjuson Faroe Islands Iceland

Female

Bylgjudóttir Faroe Islands Iceland

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Bylgja
Genitive: Bylgjas
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Bylgja
Accusative: Bylgju
Dative: Bylgju
Genitive: Bylgju
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Bylgja
Accusative: Bylgju
Dative: Bylgju
Genitive: Bylgju
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Bylgja
Genitive: Bylgjas

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Norse Mythology

Trivia

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 Iceland[5]
106 128
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Denmark Denmark[6]
6
n.a.
6
n.a.
0
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[7]
0 0 0 0 0 0
Norway Norway[8]
5
n.a.
5
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Finland Finland[9]
n.a.
0 0 0 0 0
Greenland Greenland[10]
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 Bylgja.


References

  1. Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
  3. Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  4. Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
  5. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  6. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  7. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  8. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  9. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  10. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/