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Usage
Old Danish
Old Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Swedish
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Origin and Meaning
Old Danish, Old Swedish and younger form of *Gró [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Related Names
See Gróa
Grammar
| - Danish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Gro |
| Genitive: | Gros |
| - Norwegian |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Gro |
| Genitive: | Gros |
| - Swedish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Gro |
| Genitive: | Gros |
Name Day
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12 March |
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
- Sweden:
- Norway:
- Austlandet [3]
- Sørlandet, especially Telemark [3]
- Buskerud (Rollag and Ål) [3]
- Aust-Agder [3]
- Denmark:
Namesakes
- Gro Harlem Brundtland (born 20 April 1939), former Prime Minister of Norway
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& | |
| Denmark[8] |
  |
443 | n.a. |
443 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
| Sweden[9] |
|
140 | 238 | 140 | 238 | 0 | 0 |
 Iceland[10] |
  |
2 | 2 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
 Finland[11] |
 |
n.a. |
3 | n.a. |
3 | 0 | 0 |
| Norway[12] |
 |
7694 | n.a. |
7694 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
 Greenland[13] |
  |
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. |
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Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend
References
- ↑ Rikard Hornby: Danske navne - Træk af navngivningens historie (1951)
- ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/