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Usage
Old Norse
Icelandic
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Origin and Meaning
Old Norse name meaning 'Darkening One', 'Shading One'
Related to Old Norse húm = 'semi-darkness', 'twilight' [1]
Related Names
See also Húmi
Male
Hymisson
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Female
Hymisdóttir
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Grammar
- Icelandic |
Nominative: |
Hymir
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Accusative: |
Hymi
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Dative: |
Hymi
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Genitive: |
Hymis
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Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Norse Mythology
- Hymir is the name of a hostile giant. It is from him that Þórr wants to fetch a cauldron for the Æsir. Þórr's adventures with Hymir is told in the Eddic lay Hymiskviða and in Snorri's Gylfaginning. A famous story is about Þórr having baited his fishing line with the scull of an ox in order to catch the Miðgarðsormr. He is about to kill the monster with his hammer when the terrified giant Hymir cuts through the line. Hymir is the father of Týr. [3]
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
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Iceland[4] |
|
1 |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Sweden[5] |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Denmark[6] |
|
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
Norway[7] |
|
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
Finland[8] |
|
n.a. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Greenland[9] |
|
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 Hymir.
References
- ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
- ↑ Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/