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Elvis

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Usage

Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Iceland Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

English name of uncertain ethymology [1]

Theories include:

1) English form of Alvis (see Alvíss) [2]

2) Variant form of Elwin [2] [3]

Related Names

Elvis ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Finish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Elwis ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Finish Swedish

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Elvisarson Iceland

Female

Elvisardóttir Iceland

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Elvis
Genitive: Elvis'
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Elvis
Genitive: Elviksen
Partitive: Elvistä
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Elvis
Accusative: Elvis
Dative: Elvis
Genitive: Elvisar
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Elvis
Genitive: Elvis'
Sweden - 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 Sweden[7]
1409 2468 5 18 1404 2450
Finland Finland[8]
n.a.
 503 0 0
n.a.
 503
Denmark Denmark[9]
186
n.a.
 1
n.a.
 185
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[10]
11 15
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[11]
4 8
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[12]
157
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
 157
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.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Elvis (m) Sources: [7][9][12][8]


References

  1. ↑ Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mike Campbell: Behind the name http://www.behindthename.com
  3. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
  4. ↑ Digitalarkivet at arkivverket.no, http://www.arkivverket.no
  5. ↑ Riksarkivet, Swedish National Archive, Census of 1930 https://riksarkivet.se/
  6. ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  10. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  11. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
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