Frithjof

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Usage

Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Sweden Swedish

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Origin and Meaning

Variant spelling of Fritjof [1] [2] [3]

Related Names

See Friðþjófr

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Frithjofsen Norway
Frithjofsson Norway
Frithjofssøn Norway

Female

Frithjofsdatter Norway

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Frithjof
Genitive: Frithjofs
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Frithjof
Genitive: Frithjofs
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Frithjof
Genitive: Frithjofs

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Trivia

  • Sweden: In January 1973, 29 people were named Frithjof (percentage of first or only given name: 48 %) [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[6]
10 35 0 0 10 35
Denmark Denmark[7]
25
n.a.
0
n.a.
25
n.a.
Finland Finland[8]
n.a.
4 0 0
n.a.
4
Norway Norway[9]
211
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
211
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[10]
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.

 

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Frithjof (m)


References

  1. Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  4. Riksarkivet, Swedish National Archive, Census of 1900 https://riksarkivet.se/
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
  6. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  7. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  8. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  9. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  10. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/