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Female Name
Usage
Finnish
Swedish
Danish
Norwegian
Icelandic
Faroese
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Origin and Meaning
Nordic form of Edith [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Related Names
See Eadgyð
Male
Editarson
|
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Female
Editardóttir
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Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Edit
|
Genitive: |
Edits
|
- Faroese |
Nominative: |
Edit
|
Accusative: |
Edit
|
Dative: |
Edit
|
Genitive: |
Editar
|
- Finnish |
Nominative: |
Edit
|
Genitive: |
Editin
|
Partitive: |
Editiä
|
- Icelandic |
Nominative: |
Edit
|
Accusative: |
Edit
|
Dative: |
Edit
|
Genitive: |
Editar
|
- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Edit
|
Genitive: |
Edits
|
- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Edit
|
Genitive: |
Edits
|
Name Days
Faroe Islands
|
31 October
|
Norway
|
31 October
|
Finland (Swedish Language)
|
14 May
|
Sweden
|
31 October
|
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Trivia
- Sweden: In January 1973, 30,830 people were named Edit (percentage of first or only given name: 82 %) [11]
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& |
---|
Sweden[13] |
|
1851 |
5343 |
1848 |
5340 |
3 |
3 |
Finland[14] |
|
n.a. |
8388 |
n.a. |
8388 |
0 |
0 |
Denmark[15] |
|
110 |
n.a. |
110 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
Iceland[16] |
|
6 |
8 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[17] |
|
214 |
n.a. |
214 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Greenland[18] |
|
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. |
Recent Statistics Trend
Sources: [13][15][17][14]
Top List Ranking
Sources: [19]
Swedish Regional Distribution
Regional distribution of Edit (f) in Sweden in the year 1880.
References
- ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
- ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
- ↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn,
http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
- ↑ © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables