Hampus

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Finnish
Danish
Norwegian

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Origin and Meaning

Latinised form of Hampe (see also -us)

Related Names

See Hampe

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Hampus
Genitive:	Hampus'

- Finnish
Nominative:	Hampus
Genitive:	Hampuksen
Partitive:	Hampusta

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Hampus
Genitive:	Hampus'

- Swedish
Nominative:	Hampus
Genitive:	Hampus'

Name Days

Finland (Swedish Language)

27 December

Sweden

29 August

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Finland:
  • 1551
• Sweden:
  • 1624
  • 1711
• Norway:
  • 1848 (from Sweden)

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden:
  • 1865-1919
  • 1960-
  • 1980-

Predominant Regional Usage

• Sweden:
  • Ångermanland (19th century) see map
  • Medelpad (19th century) see map
  • Gotland
  • Dalarna
  • Nordsverige

Trivia

• Sweden: In January 1973, 305 people were named Hampus (percentage of first or only given name: 19 %)

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		11394	13297	6	30	11388	13267
Finland		n.a.	179	0	0	n.a.	179
Denmark		70	n.a.	0	n.a.	70	n.a.
Norway		77	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	77	n.a.
Greenland		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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Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Hampus (m) in Sweden in the year 1880.