Edvin

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Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Old Danish Old Danish
Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese

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Origin and Meaning

Nordic spelling of Edwin [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Related Names

See Eadwine

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Edvinsen Denmark Norway
Edvinson Sweden
Edvinsson Faroe Islands Iceland Sweden

Female

Edvinsdatter Denmark Norway
Edvinsdotter Sweden
Edvinsdóttir Faroe Islands Iceland

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Edvin
Genitive: Edvins
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Edvin
Accusative: Edvin
Dative: Edvini
Genitive: Edvins
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Edvin
Genitive: Edvinin
Partitive: Edviniä
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Edvin
Accusative: Edvin
Dative: Edvini
Genitive: Edvins
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Edvin
Genitive: Edvins
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Edvin
Genitive: Edvins

Name Days

Finland Finland

9 March

Norway Norway

11 March

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

9 March

Sweden Sweden

11 March

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Namesakes

  • Sven Edvin Salje (né Svensson, 15 February 1914 - 3 August 1998), Swedish author
  • Tor Edvin Dahl (born 10 September 1943), Norwegian author and journalist

Trivia

  • Sweden: In January 1973, 28,329 people were named Edvin (percentage of first or only given name: 16 %) [10]

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 Sweden[12]
9156 18436 2 7 9154 18429
Finland Finland[13]
n.a.
8897 0 0
n.a.
8897
Denmark Denmark[14]
188
n.a.
0
n.a.
188
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[15]
9 13
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[16]
1873
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
1873
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[17]
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

Name statistics for Edvin (m) Sources: [12][14][16][13]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Edvin (m) Sources: [18]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Edvin (m)

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Edvin (m) in Sweden in the year 1880. Swedish Regional Distribution for Edvin (m)


References

  1. Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  6. Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  7. Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  8. Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
  9. Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
  11. © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
  12. 12.0 12.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  13. 13.0 13.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  14. 14.0 14.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  15. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  16. 16.0 16.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  17. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  18. details see Name Statistic tables