Dexter

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Danish
Norwegian
Finnish
Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

English name

Transferred use of the occupational surname, earlier Dyster

Old English *deaʒestre, *deʒestre, *deʒstre = 'dyer'

Related Names

Dex	♂
Dexter	♂

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Dexter
Genitive:	Dexters

- Finnish
Nominative:	Dexter
Genitive:	Dexterin
Partitive:	Dexteriä

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Dexter
Accusative:	Dexter
Dative:	Dexter
Genitive:	Dexters

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Dexter
Genitive:	Dexters

- Swedish
Nominative:	Dexter
Genitive:	Dexters

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Iceland: Officially approved as a given name on 22 September 2017

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		820	1135	0	2	820	1133
Denmark		119	n.a.	1	n.a.	118	n.a.
Finland		n.a.	49	0	0	n.a.	49
Iceland		1	1	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway		87	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	87	n.a.
Greenland		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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