Erasmus

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Male Name

Usage

Old Swedish
Finnish
Danish
Swedish
Norwegian
Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

Latin form of the Greek name Ερασμος (Erásmos)

Greek ερασμιος (erasmios) = 'beloved' (see also -us)

Related Names

Erasmus

♂

See also Asmus, Elmo, Rasmus

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Erasmusarson

Female

Erasmusardóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Erasmus
Genitive:	Erasmus'

- Finnish
Nominative:	Erasmus
Genitive:	Erasmuksen
Partitive:	Erasmusta

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Erasmus
Accusative:	Erasmus
Dative:	Erasmusi
Genitive:	Erasmusar

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Erasmus
Genitive:	Erasmus'

- Swedish
Nominative:	Erasmus
Genitive:	Erasmus' / Erasmus

Name Days

Denmark

3 June

Faroe Islands

3 June

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Iceland:
  • 17th century
  • Officially approved as a given name on 21 August 2017

Predominant Regional Usage

• Iceland: Skaftafellssýslur

Namesakes

• Saint Erasmus (also Saint Elmo, ?? - circa 303) of Formia, Christian saint and martyr, according to Christian tradition, venerated as the patron saint of sailors and abdominal pain; he is one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers

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		13	46	0	0	13	46
Finland		n.a.	62	0	0	n.a.	62
Denmark		17	n.a.	0	n.a.	17	n.a.
Norway		0	n.a.	0	n.a.	0	n.a.
Iceland		0	1	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Greenland		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 Erasmus.