Eljar

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Usage

Norway Norwegian
Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Iceland Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

Norwegian name of uncertain origin and meaning [1]

Theories include

1) Variant form of Elgar [2]

2) Male form of Elja [3]

Related Names

Eljar
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Finish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Eljarsson Iceland

Female

Eljarsdóttir Iceland

Grammar

Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Eljar
Genitive: Eljarin
Partitive: Eljaria
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Eljar
Accusative: Eljar
Dative: Eljari
Genitive: Eljars
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Eljar
Genitive: Eljars
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Eljar
Genitive: Eljars

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

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&
Sweden Sweden[5]
2 2 0 0 2 2
Finland Finland[6]
n.a.
2 0 0
n.a.
2
Denmark Denmark[7]
0
n.a.
0
n.a.
0
n.a.
Norway Norway[8]
33
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
33
n.a.
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 Eljar.


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  3. Judith Ahrholdt: Nordic Names - www.nordicnames.de (2004-2024).
  4. Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  5. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  6. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  7. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  8. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  9. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/