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Jason
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Usage
Swedish
Danish
Finnish
Norwegian
Icelandic
Faroese
Origin and Meaning
1) From the Greek name Ιασων (Iason): Greek ιασθαι (iasthai) = 'to heal' [1] [2]
2) From the Greek name Eiáson , a Greek form of the Hebrew name יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yehoshu'a) (see Josva) [3] [2]
Related Names
| Jason | ♂ |   |
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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
Earliest Documented Usage
Statistics
Name Count per Country
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| Country | Commonness
Commonness | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
| Sweden[4] |
|
1 | 3 | 864 | 1163 |
| Denmark[5] |
 |
0 | n.a. | 591 | n.a. |
| Norway[6] |
 |
0 | n.a. | 240 | n.a. |
| Iceland[7] |
|
0 | 0 | 52 | 52 |
| Finland[8] |
|
0 | 0 | n.a. | 614 |
| #: 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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Recent Statistics Trend
Sources: References
- ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi