Elliði

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Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Iceland Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

Old Norse elliði = 'fast sailing ship' [1] [2] of uncertain origin:

1) Ancient Norse *ein-liði, a combination of EIN and LID [3] [4] [5] [6]

2) Old Church Slavonic alŭdija, ladija = 'river barge' [3] [4] [6]

Related Names

Elli
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Icelandic
Elliði
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Icelandic Old Norse

For female forms see Ellida

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Elliðason Iceland

Female

Elliðadóttir Iceland

Combinations

Name
Element    
Example
GRIM see Elliðagrímr

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Elliði
Accusative: Elliða
Dative: Elliða
Genitive: Elliða

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

  • Iceland: In the census of 1910 (Gullbringu- og Kjósarsýsla) [6]

Norse Mythology

  • Originally, Elliði was used as a ship name, not as a given name. It was the name of Friðþjófr's ship in the legendary Icelandic Friðþjófssaga [8]

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&
Iceland Iceland[9]
11 18
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Denmark Denmark[10]
1
n.a.
0
n.a.
1
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[11]
0 0 0 0 0 0
Norway Norway[12]
0
n.a.
0
n.a.
0
n.a.
Finland Finland[13]
n.a.
0 0 0 0 0
Greenland Greenland[14]
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 Elliði.


References

  1. Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  2. Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
  4. 4.0 4.1 Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
  5. Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
  7. Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  8. Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  9. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  10. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  11. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  12. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  13. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  14. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/