Frej

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Male Name

Usage

Danish
Swedish
Finnish
Norwegian

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Origin and Meaning

Younger form of Freyr

Related Names

See Freyr

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Frej
Genitive:	Frejs

- Finnish
Nominative:	Frej
Genitive:	Frejin
Partitive:	Frejiä

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Frej
Genitive:	Frejs

- Swedish
Nominative:	Frej
Genitive:	Frejs

Name Days

Finland (Swedish Language)

6 May

Sweden

23 January

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Sweden:
  • 1825 (Julita, Södermanland)
  • early 19th century

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden:
  • -1929
  • 1980-1999

Predominant Regional Usage

• Sweden:
  • Västsverige
  • Gotland

Trivia

• Sweden: In January 1973, 99 people were named Frej (percentage of first or only given name: 78 %)

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		819	1264	4	11	815	1253
Denmark		975	n.a.	0	n.a.	975	n.a.
Finland		n.a.	375	0	0	n.a.	375
Norway		22	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	22	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.

 

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