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Usage
Swedish
Danish
Norwegian
Finnish
Icelandic
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Origin and Meaning
Originally an English surname
1) Middle English frankeleyn = 'freeman' [1] [2] [3]
2) English pet form of Frank [4] [3]
Combination of FRANK and LING
Related Names
Male
Franklinsson
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Female
Franklinsdóttir
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Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Franklin
|
Genitive: |
Franklins
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- Finnish |
Nominative: |
Franklin
|
Genitive: |
Franklinin
|
Partitive: |
Franklinia
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- Icelandic |
Nominative: |
Franklin
|
Accusative: |
Franklin
|
Dative: |
Franklin
|
Genitive: |
Franklins
|
- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Franklin
|
Genitive: |
Franklins
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- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Franklin
|
Genitive: |
Franklins
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Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Trivia
- Sweden: In January 1973, 98 people were named Franklin (percentage of first or only given name: 12 %) [6]
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& |
---|
Sweden[8] |
|
135 |
278 |
0 |
4 |
135 |
274 |
Denmark[9] |
|
43 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
43 |
n.a. |
Finland[10] |
|
n.a. |
83 |
0 |
0 |
n.a. |
83 |
Iceland[11] |
|
4 |
8 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Greenland[12] |
|
0 |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[13] |
|
35 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
35 |
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
Sources: [8][9][13][10]
References
- ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
- ↑ IKEA 2016, http://www.ikea.com/
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no