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Usage
Norwegian
Danish
Swedish
Finnish
Faroese
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Origin and Meaning
1) English younger form of the Eadmund [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
2) Sometimes used as a modern form of Emund (see Øymundr) [1]
Related Names
Male
Edmundson
|
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Edmundsson
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Female
Edmundsdotter
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Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Edmund
|
Genitive: |
Edmunds
|
- Finnish |
Nominative: |
Edmund
|
Genitive: |
Edmundin
|
Partitive: |
Edmundia
|
- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Edmund
|
Genitive: |
Edmunds
|
- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Edmund
|
Genitive: |
Edmunds
|
Name Days
Norway
|
16 November
|
Sweden
|
18 March
|
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Namesakes
Trivia
- Sweden: In January 1973, 2,465 people were named Edmund (percentage of first or only given name: 10 %) [6]
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[7] |
|
201 |
1173 |
0 |
3 |
201 |
1170 |
Finland[8] |
|
n.a. |
460 |
0 |
0 |
n.a. |
460 |
Denmark[9] |
|
135 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
135 |
n.a. |
Iceland[10] |
|
5 |
13 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Greenland[11] |
|
0 |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[12] |
|
536 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
536 |
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. |
Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
- ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no