Eiður

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Male Male Name

Usage

Iceland Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

Uncertain origin. Two theories:

1) Icelandic younger form of Eiðr [1]

2) Icelandic form of Aodh [2]

See also -ur

Related Names

Eiður
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Icelandic

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Eiðsson Iceland

Female

Eiðsdóttir Iceland

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Eiður
Accusative: Eið
Dative: Eiði
Genitive: Eiðs

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

  • Iceland: In the census of 1855 (Gullbringu- og Kjósarsýsla) [2]

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[4]
226 255
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Denmark Denmark[5]
1
n.a.
0
n.a.
1
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[6]
0 0 0 0 0 0
Norway Norway[7]
0
n.a.
0
n.a.
0
n.a.
Finland Finland[8]
n.a.
0 0 0 0 0
Greenland Greenland[9]
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 Eiður.


References

  1. Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
  3. Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  4. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  5. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  6. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  7. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  8. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  9. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/