Elea

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Female Name

Usage

Finnish
Norwegian
Swedish
Danish
Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

1) Variant form of Ela and Ele (see also -ea)

2) Short form of Eleanor

Related Names

Elea	♀
Eleah	♀

See also Lea

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Eleuson

Female

Eleudóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Elea
Genitive:	Eleas

- Finnish
Nominative:	Elea
Genitive:	Elean
Partitive:	Eleaa

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Elea
Accusative:	Eleu
Dative:	Eleu
Genitive:	Eleu

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Elea
Genitive:	Eleas

- Swedish
Nominative:	Elea
Genitive:	Eleas

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Norway:
  • 1763 (Ibestad, Troms)
  • 1770
  • 1841 (Lyngen, Troms)
• Iceland:
  • Officially approved as a given name on 3 June 2016

Strongest Period of Usage

• Norway:
  • 1850-1915
  • early 20th century
  • 2000-

Predominant Regional Usage

• Norway:
  • Nord-Noreg
  • Troms

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&
Finland		n.a.	1048	n.a.	1048	0	0
Sweden		52	83	52	77	0	6
Denmark		37	n.a.	37	n.a.	0	n.a.
Iceland		0	2	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway		320	n.a.	320	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Greenland		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.

 

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