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Fridtjof
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Origin and Meaning
Younger form of Friðþjófr [1] [2] [3] [4]
Related Names
See Friðþjófr
Patronyms [What's That?]
Male
| Fridtjofsen |  
|
| Fridtjofson |
|
Female
| Fridtjofsdatter |
|
Grammar
| - Danish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Fridtjof |
| Genitive: | Fridtjofs |
| - Norwegian |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Fridtjof |
| Genitive: | Fridtjofs |
 - Swedish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Fridtjof |
| Genitive: | Fridtjofs |
Name Day
|
|
10 October |
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Namesakes
- Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen, 10 October 1861 – 13 May 1930, Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel laureate
(Peace, 1922)
Trivia
- Sweden: In January 1973, 10 people were named Fridtjof (percentage of first or only given name: 30 %) [7]
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& | |
| Denmark[8] |
  |
39 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
39 | n.a. |
| Sweden[9] |
|
9 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 26 |
 Finland[10] |
 |
n.a. |
4 | 0 | 0 | n.a. |
4 |
| Norway[11] |
 |
417 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
417 | n.a. |
 Greenland[12] |
  |
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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Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend
References
- ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
- ↑ Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ Digitalarkivet at arkivverket.no, http://www.arkivverket.no
- ↑ Riksarkivet, Swedish National Archive, Census of 1900 https://riksarkivet.se/
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
- ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/