Nordic Names

Nordic Names

Jarl

From Nordic Names - www.nordicnames.de - All rights reserved.

Nameguide note desktop.png

Nameguide note mobile.png

Rate this name:

3.86
(7 votes)



Male Male Name

Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Iceland Icelandic
Finland Finnish

Advertisement:


Origin and Meaning

Old Norse name

Old Norse jarl = '(poet.) highborn, noble man or warrior, earl' [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Related Names

Hjarle ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Norwegian
Iarl ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Old Norse
Iarli ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Old Norse
Iærl ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Old Swedish
Iærle ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Old Swedish
Jaale ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Finish
Jali ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Finish
Jalle ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Finish Swedish
Jallu ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Finish
Jallur ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Faroese
Jarl ♂
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 Old Norse Swedish
Jarle ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Finish Norwegian Swedish
Jarlerus ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Old Swedish
Jarlh ♂ Swedish
Järl ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Old Swedish
Jærl ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Old Swedish
Jærle ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Old Swedish
Järle ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Old Swedish

See also Erlingr

For female forms see Jarla

Cognates

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Jarlsson Iceland

Female

Jarlsdóttir Iceland

Combinations

For combinations see JARL (name element)

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Jarl
Genitive: Jarls
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Jarl
Genitive: Jarlin
Partitive: Jarlia
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Jarl
Accusative: Jarl
Dative: Jarli
Genitive: Jarls
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Jarl
Genitive: Jarls
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Jarl
Genitive: Jarls

Name Days

Norway Norway

24 January

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

24 January

Sweden Sweden

11 October

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Namesakes

  • Jarl Robert Hemmer (18 September 1893 - 6 December 1944), Finland-Swedish author
  • Jarl Lage Kulle (27 February 1927 – 3 October 1997), Swedish film and stage actor and director
  • Jarl Friis-Mikkelsen (born 1 December 1951), Danish actor, singer, film director and TV host

Norse Mythology

Trivia

  • Sweden: In January 1973, 3711 people were named Jarl (percentage of first or only given name: 85 %) [8]

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

Please turn your device to landscape orientation for better view of statistics tables and graphs.
Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Sweden Sweden[10]
1294 3410 0 0 1294 3410
Finland Finland[11]
n.a.
 3079 0 0
n.a.
 3079
Denmark Denmark[12]
410
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 410
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[13]
3 111
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[14]
0 5
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[15]
1541
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
 1541
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.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Jarl (m) Sources: [10][12][15][11]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Jarl (m)

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Jarl (m) in Sweden in the year 1880. Swedish Regional Distribution for Jarl (m)


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  7. ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  13. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  14. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
Retrieved from "https://www.nordicnames.de/w/index.php?title=Jarl&oldid=439826"