Hera

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Female Name

Usage

Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Icelandic
Faroese

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Origin and Meaning

1)
Short form of names beginning with Her- (see HER)

2)
From the name of the Greek goddess Ἥρα (Hera)
The meaning is uncertain. Some theories include:

a) Greek ‘ηρα (héra) = 'lady, mistress'

b) Greek ‘ηρως (heros) = 'hero, warrior' (see also Heron, Iraida)

c) Greek ‘ωρα (hora) = 'period of time'

d) Greek ‘αιρεω (haireo) = 'to be chosen'

Related Names

Heera	♀
Hera	♀

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Heruson

Female

Herudóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Hera
Genitive:	Heras

- Faroese
Nominative:	Hera
Accusative:	Heru
Dative:	Heru
Genitive:	Heru

- Finnish
Nominative:	Hera
Genitive:	Heran
Partitive:	Heraa

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Hera
Accusative:	Heru
Dative:	Heru
Genitive:	Heru

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Hera
Genitive:	Heras

- Swedish
Nominative:	Hera
Genitive:	Heras

Further Information

• Iceland: Officially approved as a given name
• Faroe Islands: Officially approved as a given name

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		132	170	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Sweden		72	110	72	108	0	2
Denmark		34	n.a.	34	n.a.	0	n.a.
Finland		n.a.	10	n.a.	10	0	0
Norway		37	n.a.	37	n.a.	n.a.	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.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Hera.