Nordic Names

Nordic Names

Dal

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Usage

Sweden Swedish
Greenland Greenlandic

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Origin and Meaning

Transferred use of the surname, originally a place name

Old Norse dalr = 'dale, valley' [1]

Related Names

Dahl ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Greenlandic Swedish
Dahle ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Swedish
Dal ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Greenlandic Swedish
Dale ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Swedish
Dalur ♂ Icelandic

For female forms see Dala, Dahlia

Combinations

For combinations see DAL (name element)

Grammar

Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Dal
Genitive: Dals

Further Information

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Trivia

  • Sweden: In January 1973, 13 people were named Dal (percentage of first or only given name: 92 %) [2]

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&
Sweden Sweden[3]
7 18 2 4 5 14
Greenland Greenland[4]
0 21
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Denmark Denmark[5]
5
n.a.
 1
n.a.
 4
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[6]
0 8
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Finland Finland[7]
n.a.
 2 0 0
n.a.
 2
Norway Norway[8]
0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 0
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 Dal.


References

  1. ↑ Judith Ahrholdt: Nordic Names - www.nordicnames.de (2004-2023).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
  3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  6. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  7. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  8. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
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