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Usage
Old Norse
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
Male
Dofrason
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Female
Dofradóttir
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Grammar
- Icelandic |
Nominative: |
Dofri
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Accusative: |
Dofra
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Dative: |
Dofra
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Genitive: |
Dofra
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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
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
---|
Iceland[8] |
|
8 |
26 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Denmark[9] |
|
2 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
2 |
n.a. |
Sweden[10] |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Norway[11] |
|
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
Finland[12] |
|
n.a. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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
- ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Jørn Sandnes og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Stadnamnleksikon (1997)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
- ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
- ↑ Geir T. Zoëga: A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (1910)
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/