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Male Name
Usage
Old Norse
Faroese
Icelandic
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Origin and Meaning
Old Norse byname
Old Norse fróðr = 'clever', 'wise' [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Related Names
For female forms see Fróða
Male
Fróðason
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Female
Fróðadóttir
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Cognates
Combinations
For combinations see FRÓÐ (name element)
Grammar
- Faroese |
Nominative: |
Fróði
|
Accusative: |
Fróða
|
Dative: |
Fróða
|
Genitive: |
Fróða
|
- Icelandic |
Nominative: |
Fróði
|
Accusative: |
Fróða
|
Dative: |
Fróða
|
Genitive: |
Fróða
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Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Namesakes
Trivia
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
---|
Iceland[10] |
|
53 |
84 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Denmark[11] |
|
12 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
12 |
n.a. |
Sweden[12] |
|
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
Norway[13] |
|
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
Finland[14] |
|
n.a. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Greenland[15] |
|
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. |
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Sources: [16]
References
- ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
- ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
- ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
- ↑ Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
- ↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn,
http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables