Irpa

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Female Female Name

Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Iceland Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

Old Norse name, probably a female form of Jarpr (see also -a) [1]

Related Names

Irpa
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Icelandic Old Norse

Combinations

For combinations see JARP (name element)

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Irpuson Iceland

Female

Irpudóttir Iceland

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Irpa
Accusative: Irpu
Dative: Irpu
Genitive: Irpu

Further Information

Norse Mythology

  • Irpa is the name of a goddess who was worshipped in the 10th century together with the goddess Þorgerðr Hǫlgabrúðr in Norwegian Hálogaland [1]

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[3]
3 5
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[4]
0 0 0 0 0 0
Denmark Denmark[5]
0
n.a.
0
n.a.
0
n.a.
Norway Norway[6]
0
n.a.
0
n.a.
0
n.a.
Finland Finland[7]
n.a.
1
n.a.
1 0 0
Greenland Greenland[8]
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 Irpa.


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
  2. Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  3. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  4. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  5. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  6. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  7. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  8. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/