Nordic Names

Nordic Names

Eirik

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Usage

Norway Norwegian
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Finland Finnish

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Origin and Meaning

Norwegian younger form of Eiríkr [1] [2] [3] [4]

Related Names

See ÆiríkR

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Eiriksen Norway
Eirikson Norway
Eirikssen Norway
Eiriksson Norway
Eirikssøn Norway
Eiriksøn Norway

Female

Eiriksdatter Norway
Eiriksdotter Norway

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Eirik
Genitive: Eiriks
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Eirik
Genitive: Eirikin
Partitive: Eirikiä
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Eirik
Genitive: Eiriks
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Eirik
Genitive: Eiriks

Name Days

Norway Norway

18 May

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

18 May

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Namesakes

  • Eirik Mikael Hornborg (29 September 1879 - 29 December 1965), Finlandswedish historian

Trivia

  • In Norway, Gamle-Eirik (Old-Eirik) used to be a name for the devil [4]
  • Sweden: In January 1973, 11 people were named Eirik (percentage of first or only given name: 36 %) [6]

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

Please turn your device to landscape orientation for better view of statistics tables and graphs.
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[7]
79 156 0 0 79 156
Finland Finland[8]
n.a.
 202 0 0
n.a.
 202
Denmark Denmark[9]
63
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 63
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[10]
3 4
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[11]
13955
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
 13955
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[12]
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 Eirik (m) Sources: [7][9][11][8]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Eirik (m) Sources: [13]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Eirik (m)


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  5. ↑ Riksarkivet/SVAR - Svensk arkivinformation: Sveriges befolkning 1990
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  10. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  12. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  13. ↑ details see Name Statistic tables
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