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Dofri

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Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Iceland Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

Old Norse name of uncertain meaning. Theories include

1) From the Old Norse name of a mountain Dofrafjall in Oppland, deriving from the farmstead name Dofrar probably meaning 'dale', 'valley' [1] [2] [3] [4]

2) Old Norse name meaning 'lazy one', related to Old Norse dofi = 'torpor', 'numbness' [5] [6] [3] [4]

Related Names

Dofri ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Icelandic Old Norse
Dovra ♀
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Norwegian
Dovre ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Norwegian

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Dofrason Iceland

Female

Dofradóttir Iceland

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Dofri
Accusative: Dofra
Dative: Dofra
Genitive: Dofra

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Norse Mythology

  • Dofri is a giant in the Northern mythology mentioned in the Þulur. He is the inhabitant of the mountain Dofrafjall in the Flateyjarbók. [3]

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[8]
8 26
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Denmark Denmark[9]
2
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 2
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[10]
0 0 0 0 0 0
Norway Norway[11]
0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Finland Finland[12]
n.a.
 0 0 0 0 0
Greenland 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.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Dofri.


References

  1. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  2. ↑ Jørn Sandnes og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Stadnamnleksikon (1997)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
  5. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
  6. ↑ Geir T. Zoëga: A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (1910)
  7. ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  8. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  9. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  10. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  11. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  12. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  13. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
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