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Hœnir

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Old Norse Old Norse

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Origin and Meaning

Old Norse name of uncertain meaning, maybe 'strong'; 'helper' [1]

Related Names

Hænir ♂
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Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Icelandic
Hœnir ♂
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 Old Norse
Hønir ♂
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 Old Norse

Further Information

Norse Mythology

  • Hœnir is one of the Æsir. He is said to be tall, long-legged, quick and handsome. His byname is Aurkonungr. In the Vǫluspá the godly triad Óðinn, Hœnir and Loðurr appear in the myth of the creation of man. Hœnir gives man his reason (óðr). In another godly triad in Reginsmál and Skáldskaparmál, Hœnir appears together with Óðinn and Loki, but is without a function. Vǫluspá names him as one of the Æsir in the new world after the Ragnarǫk. After the Vanir wars, the Æsir give Hœnir to the Vanir as a hostage, and these make him a chieftain. He lets himself be advised in all matters by Mímir until the Vanir become aware of it and decapitate Mímir. [2]

Statistics

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Country
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main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Sweden Sweden[3]
0 0 0 0 0 0
Denmark Denmark[4]
0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Norway Norway[5]
0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Finland Finland[6]
n.a.
 0 0 0 0 0
Greenland Greenland[7]
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 Hœnir.


References

  1. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
  2. ↑ Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
  3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  7. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
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