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Female Name
This name is used both as a female and a male name. See Iben m for the male version.
Usage
Danish
Norwegian
Swedish
Greenlandic
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Origin and Meaning
Danish name
1) Derived from Low German/Danish ibenholt = 'ebony' (see also Ebony) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
2) Female usage of Iben m (see Ivo) [2]
Related Names
See also Eben f, Ibenhard
Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Iben
|
Genitive: |
Ibens
|
- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Iben
|
Genitive: |
Ibens
|
- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Iben
|
Genitive: |
Ibens
|
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Namesakes
- Iben Hjejle (born 22 March 1971), Danish actress
- Iben Tinning (born 4 February 1974), Danish golfer
- Iben Amelieh Emine Dorner (née Østergaard, born 19 October 1978), Danish actress and voice artist
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& |
---|
Denmark[8] |
|
4554 |
n.a. |
4545 |
n.a. |
9 |
n.a. |
Sweden[9] |
|
138 |
188 |
132 |
174 |
6 |
14 |
Finland[10] |
|
n.a. |
20 |
n.a. |
17 |
n.a. |
3 |
Greenland[11] |
|
5 |
9 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Iceland[12] |
|
1 |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[13] |
|
2161 |
n.a. |
2007 |
n.a. |
154 |
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. |
Statistics as female name
Recent statistics trend[9][8][13][10]:
Sources: [9] [8] [13] [10]
Norwegian historic statistics trend[13]:
Statistics as male name
Recent statistics trend[9][8][13][10]:
Sources: [9] [8] [13] [10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ Danish Family Search, https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, census of 2011, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no