Egill

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Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Iceland Icelandic
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Sweden Swedish

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Origin and Meaning

Old Norse and younger form of *AʒilaR [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Related Names

See *AʒilaR

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Egilsson Iceland

Female

Egilsdóttir Iceland

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Egill
Genitive: Egills
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Egill
Accusative: Egil
Dative: Agli
Genitive: Egils
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Egill
Genitive: Egills
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Egill
Genitive: Egills

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Namesakes

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[9]
704 905
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[10]
24 33 0 0 24 33
Denmark Denmark[11]
35
n.a.
0
n.a.
35
n.a.
Finland Finland[12]
n.a.
2 0 0
n.a.
2
Norway Norway[13]
61
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
61
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[14]
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.

 

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Egill (m) Sources: [15]


References

  1. Kristian Hald: Personnavne i Danmark - Oldtiden (1971)
  2. Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  4. Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
  5. Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
  7. 7.0 7.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  8. Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  9. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  10. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  11. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  12. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  13. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  14. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  15. details see Name Statistic tables