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Female Name
Usage
Old Norse
Icelandic
Swedish
Danish
Norwegian
Faroese
Finnish
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Origin and Meaning
Old Norse and Icelandic female form of Freyr (see also -a) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Related Names
Male
Freyjuson
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Female
Freyjudóttir
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Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Freyja
|
Genitive: |
Freyjas
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- Faroese |
Nominative: |
Freyja
|
Accusative: |
Freyju
|
Dative: |
Freyju
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Genitive: |
Freyju
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- Finnish |
Nominative: |
Freyja
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Genitive: |
Freyjan
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Partitive: |
Freyjaa
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- Icelandic |
Nominative: |
Freyja
|
Accusative: |
Freyju
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Dative: |
Freyju
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Genitive: |
Freyju
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- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Freyja
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Genitive: |
Freyjas
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- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Freyja
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Genitive: |
Freyjas
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Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Norse Mythology
- Freyja is a Vanir goddess (Snorri included her in his list of Ásynjur as well), the goddess of love. When she cries, her tears are golden. She is the daughter of Njǫrðr and his sister. Her husband is Óðr.
Freyja's Names
Freyja's Siblings
- Freyr - twin brother or half brother
- Kreppvǫr - (half?)sister according to the poem Sólarljóð
- Ráðveig - (half?)sister according to the poem Sólarljóð
- 6 more (half?)sisters (no names given) according to the poem Sólarljóð
Freyja's Children
[3] [2]
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& |
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Iceland[9] |
|
539 |
792 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Sweden[10] |
|
170 |
223 |
170 |
223 |
0 |
0 |
Denmark[11] |
|
118 |
n.a. |
118 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
Finland[12] |
|
n.a. |
32 |
n.a. |
32 |
0 |
0 |
Norway[13] |
|
97 |
n.a. |
97 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Greenland[14] |
|
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. |
Recent Statistics Trend
Sources: [10][11][13][12]
Top List Ranking
Sources: [15]
References
- ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lars Magnar Enoksen: Norrøne guder og myter (2008)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
- ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
- ↑ Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
- ↑ Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables