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Usage
Old Swedish
Finnish
Swedish
Danish
Norwegian
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Origin and Meaning
1) Younger form of Karle [1] [2]
2) Pet form of Karl [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
3) Short form of Kaleva [7]
Related Names
See also Kaaleppi, Kâle, Kalkke, Kallukka
For female forms see Kalla, Kallia, Kalmina
Male
Kallesen
|
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Female
Kallesdatter
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Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Kalle
|
Genitive: |
Kalles
|
- Finnish |
Nominative: |
Kalle
|
Genitive: |
Kallen
|
Partitive: |
Kallea
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- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Kalle
|
Genitive: |
Kalles
|
- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Kalle
|
Genitive: |
Kalles
|
Name Days
Finland
|
28 January
|
 Finland (Swedish Language)
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28 January
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Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Namesakes
Trivia
- Sweden: In January 1973, 184 people were named Kalle (percentage of first or only given name: 82 %) [8]
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& |
---|
Finland[9] |
|
n.a. |
39400 |
n.a. |
8 |
n.a. |
39392 |
Sweden[10] |
|
2635 |
3679 |
6 |
11 |
2629 |
3668 |
Denmark[11] |
|
1383 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
1383 |
n.a. |
Iceland[12] |
|
1 |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[13] |
|
105 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
105 |
n.a. |
Greenland[14] |
|
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. |
Recent Statistics Trend
Sources: [10][11][13][9]
Top List Ranking
Sources: [15]
References
- ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ Marianne Blomqvist: Vad heter finlandssvenskarna? (2006)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables