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Gjendine
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Origin and Meaning
1) From the name of the lake Gjende in Jotunheimen/Norway [1] deriving from Old Norse gandr = 'magic staff' (due to the long shape of the lake) [2]
2) Variant spelling of Jendine [1]
See also -dine
Related Names
| Gjendine | ♀ |   |
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See also Dina
Grammar
| - Norwegian |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Gjendine |
| Genitive: | Gjendines |
Further Information
Namesakes
Kaia Gjendine Slålien (15 July 1871 - 13 May 1972), Norwegian mountain shepherdess, who inspired Edvard Grieg when he listened to her singing folk songs
Statistics
Name Count per Country
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| Country | Commonness
Commonness | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
| Norway[3] |
|
21 | n.a. | 0 | n.a. |
 Sweden[4] |
 |
2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
 Denmark[5] |
 |
0 | n.a. | 0 | n.a. |
 Finland[6] |
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| #: 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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No recent statistics trend found in databases for Gjendine.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Jørn Sandnes og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Stadnamnleksikon (1997)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi