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Einar
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Usage
Old Swedish
Norwegian
Swedish
Icelandic
Danish
Faroese
Finnish
Greenlandic
Origin and Meaning
Old Swedish and younger form of Æinarr [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Related Names
See Æinarr
Patronyms
- Swedish: Einarsson (♂), Einarson (♂), Einarsdotter (♀)
- Norwegian: Einarsen (♂), Einarson (♂), Einarsson (♂) [8]
- Icelandic: Einarsson (♂), Einarsdóttir (♀)
Grammar
| - Danish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Einar |
| Genitive: | Einars |
| - Faroese |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Einar |
| Accusative: | Einar |
| Dative: | Einari |
| Genitive: | Einars |
| - Finnish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Einar |
| Genitive: | Einarin |
| Partitive: | Einaria |
| - Icelandic |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Einar |
| Accusative: | Einar |
| Dative: | Einari |
| Genitive: | Einars |
| - Norwegian |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Einar |
| Genitive: | Einars |
| - Swedish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Einar |
| Genitive: | Einars |
Name Days
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26 September |
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26 September |
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17 November |
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26 September |
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Namesakes
- Einar Henry Gerhardsen, former Prime Minister of Norway (1945-1951 + 1955-1963 + 1963-1965)
Statistics
Name Count per Country
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| Country | Commonness
Commonness | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
| Norway[9] |
  |
0 | n.a. | 11024 | n.a. |
| Iceland[10] |
 |
0 | 0 | 2449 | 2887 |
| Sweden[11] |
 |
2 | 4 | 2208 | 15180 |
| Denmark[12] |
 |
0 | n.a. | 382 | n.a. |
| Finland[13] |
|
0 | 0 | n.a. | 10738 |
| #: 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. |
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Recent Statistics Trend
Sources: Top List Ranking
Sources: [14]
Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend
References
- ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
- ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
- ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ Olav Veka: Norsk etternamnleksikon (2001)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables