Frithiof

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Usage

Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian

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Origin and Meaning

Swedish younger form of Friþiófr [1] [2] [3]

Related Names

See Friðþjófr

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Frithiofson Sweden
Frithiofsson Sweden

Female

Frithiofsdotter Sweden

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Frithiof
Genitive: Frithiofs
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Frithiof
Genitive: Frithiofin
Partitive: Frithiofia
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Frithiof
Genitive: Frithiofs
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Frithiof
Genitive: Frithiofs

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Namesakes

  • Alarik Frithiof Holmgren (22 October 1831 - 14 August 1897), Swedish physiologist

Trivia

  • Sweden: In January 1973, 403 people were named Frithiof (percentage of first or only given name: 12 %) [5]

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 Sweden[7]
20 218 0 0 20 218
Finland Finland[8]
n.a.
230
n.a.
2
n.a.
228
Denmark Denmark[9]
12
n.a.
0
n.a.
12
n.a.
Norway Norway[10]
4
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
4
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[11]
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.

 

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Frithiof (m) in Sweden in the year 1880. Swedish Regional Distribution for Frithiof (m)


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  3. Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  4. Riksarkivet/SVAR - Svensk arkivinformation: Sveriges befolkning 1880
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
  6. 6.0 6.1 © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
  7. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  8. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  9. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  10. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  11. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/