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Elvis
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Usage
Swedish
Finnish
Danish
Norwegian
Icelandic
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Origin and Meaning
English name of uncertain ethymology. Theories include:
1) English form of Alvis (see Alvíss) [1]
2) Variant form of Elwin [1] [2]
Related Names
| Elvis | ♂ |   |
|
| Elwis | ♂ |   |
|
Patronyms [What's That?]
Male
| Elvisarson |
|
Female
| Elvisardóttir |
|
Grammar
| - Danish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Elvis |
| Genitive: | Elvis' |
| - Finnish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Elvis |
| Genitive: | Elviksen |
| Partitive: | Elvistä |
| - Icelandic |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Elvis |
| Accusative: | Elvis |
| Dative: | Elvis |
| Genitive: | Elvisar |
| - Norwegian |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Elvis |
| Genitive: | Elvis' |
| - Swedish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Elvis |
| Genitive: | Elvis' / Elvis |
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
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[4] |
 |
1350 | 2380 | 3 | 14 | 1347 | 2366 |
| Finland[5] |
 |
n.a. |
461 | 0 | 0 | n.a. |
461 |
| Denmark[6] |
|
191 | n.a. |
1 | n.a. |
190 | n.a. |
| Norway[7] |
|
153 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
153 | n.a. |
| Iceland[8] |
|
11 | 15 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
 Greenland[9] |
 |
4 | 8 | 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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Recent Statistics Trend
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mike Campbell: Behind the name http://www.behindthename.com
- ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/