Frithiof

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Finnish
Danish
Norwegian

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Origin and Meaning

Swedish younger form of Friþiófr

Related Names

See Friðþjófr

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Frithiofson
Frithiofsson

Female

Frithiofsdotter

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Frithiof
Genitive:	Frithiofs

- Finnish
Nominative:	Frithiof
Genitive:	Frithiofin
Partitive:	Frithiofia

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Frithiof
Genitive:	Frithiofs

- Swedish
Nominative:	Frithiof
Genitive:	Frithiofs

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Sweden: 1809 (Timmele, Västergötland)
• Denmark: 19th century

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden: -1919
• Denmark: -1920

Predominant Regional Usage

• Denmark:
  • København
  • Bornholm
• Sweden:
  • Norrbotten (19th century) see map
  • Blekinge (19th century) see map
  • Sydsverige
  • Gotland

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 %)

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		20	218	0	0	20	218
Finland		n.a.	230	n.a.	2	n.a.	228
Denmark		12	n.a.	0	n.a.	12	n.a.
Norway		4	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	4	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.

 

Swedish Regional Distribution

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