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Male Name
This name is used both as a female and a male name. See Elif f for the female version.
Usage
Old Swedish
Old Danish
Danish
Swedish
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Origin and Meaning
Old Swedish and Old Danish form of ÆilífR [1] [2]
Related Names
See ÆilífR
Patronyms
- Old Swedish: Elifson (♂) [3]
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
---|
Sweden[4] |
|
638 |
820 |
638 |
817 |
0 |
3 |
Denmark[5] |
|
533 |
n.a. |
529 |
n.a. |
4 |
n.a. |
Finland[6] |
|
n.a. |
212 |
n.a. |
211 |
n.a. |
1 |
Iceland[7] |
|
1 |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[8] |
|
186 |
n.a. |
186 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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. |
Statistics as female name
Recent statistics trend[4][5][8][6]:
Sources: [4] [5] [8] [6]
References
- ↑ Rikard Hornby: Danske navne - Træk af navngivningens historie (1951)
- ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ Svenska medeltida personnamn, Institutet för språk och folkminnen, http://www.sprakochfolkminnen.se/
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/