Nordic Names

Nordic Names

Gereon

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Male Male Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish

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Origin and Meaning

Greek γερων (géron) = 'old man' [1] [2]

Related Names

Geraint ♂
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Gereon ♂
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 Swedish
Gerion ♂
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 Swedish
Geron ♂
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 Swedish
Gerontios ♂
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Gerontius ♂
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 Welsh

See also Gareth

Grammar

Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Gereon
Genitive: Gereons

Name Days

Denmark Denmark

10 October

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

10 October

Further Information

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Trivia

  • Sweden: In January 1973, 260 people were named Gereon (percentage of first or only given name: 10 %) [3]

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[4]
6 67 0 0 6 67
Denmark Denmark[5]
2
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 2
n.a.
Finland Finland[6]
n.a.
 3 0 0
n.a.
 3
Norway Norway[7]
0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[8]
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.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Gereon.


References

  1. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  2. ↑ Rosa und Volker Kohlheim: Duden Das große Vornamenlexikon (2007)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
  4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  6. ↑ Digi- ja Väestötietovirasto, Digital and Population Data Services Agency, https://nimipalvelu.dvv.fi
  7. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  8. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
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