Hekla

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Female Female Name

Usage

Iceland Icelandic
Denmark Danish
Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish

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Origin and Meaning

From the name of the active volcano in southwest Iceland

Old Norse hekla = 'cloak' (referring to the cloak of mist that hides its summit)

Related Names

Hekla
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Danish Finish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Hekluson Iceland

Female

Hekludóttir Iceland

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Hekla
Genitive: Heklas
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Hekla
Genitive: Heklan
Partitive: Heklaa
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Hekla
Accusative: Heklu
Dative: Heklu
Genitive: Heklu
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Hekla
Genitive: Heklas
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Hekla
Genitive: Heklas

Further Information

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&
Iceland Iceland[2]
427 553
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Denmark Denmark[3]
25
n.a.
25
n.a.
0
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[4]
15 18 15 18 0 0
Finland Finland[5]
n.a.
15
n.a.
15 0 0
Norway Norway[6]
13
n.a.
13
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
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.

 

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Hekla (f) Sources: [8]


References

  1. Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  2. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  3. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  4. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  5. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  6. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  7. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  8. details see Name Statistic tables