Jason

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Danish
Finnish
Norwegian
Icelandic
Faroese

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Origin and Meaning

1) From the Greek name Ιασων (Iason): Greek ιασθαι (iasthai) = 'to heal'

2) From the Greek name Eiáson , a Greek form of the Hebrew name יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yehoshu'a) (see Josva)

Related Names

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Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Jasonarson
Jasonsson

Female

Jasonardóttir
Jasonsdóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Jason
Genitive:	Jasons

- Faroese
Nominative:	Jason
Accusative:	Jason
Dative:	Jasoni
Genitive:	Jasonar / Jasons

- Finnish
Nominative:	Jason
Genitive:	Jasonin
Partitive:	Jasonia

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Jason
Accusative:	Jason
Dative:	Jasoni
Genitive:	Jasonar

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Jason
Genitive:	Jasons

- Swedish
Nominative:	Jason
Genitive:	Jasons

Further Information

• Iceland: Officially approved as a given name

Earliest Documented Usage

• Norway:
  • 1939
  • After 1945

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&
Sweden		1104	1454	0	2	1104	1452
Denmark		636	n.a.	0	n.a.	636	n.a.
Finland		n.a.	680	0	0	n.a.	680
Norway		263	n.a.	0	n.a.	263	n.a.
Iceland		53	53	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Greenland		4	5	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.

 

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