Kalmar

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Male Name

Usage

Danish
Norwegian
Finnish
Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

Nordic name of unknown origin and meaning, probably inspired by Kalman (see Colmán) or Kalle and Kolmar

It might also be inspired by the Swedish place name Kalmar in Småland and Uppland but a real connection is unlikely

Related Names

Kalmar	♂
Kalmer	♂

For female forms see Kalma and Kalmara

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Kalmarsson

Female

Kalmarsdóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Kalmar
Genitive:	Kalmars

- Finnish
Nominative:	Kalmar
Genitive:	Kalmarin
Partitive:	Kalmaria

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Kalmar
Accusative:	Kalmar
Dative:	Kalmari
Genitive:	Kalmars

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Kalmar
Genitive:	Kalmars

Further Information

• Iceland: Officially approved as a given name

Earliest Documented Usage

• Norway:
  • 1850 (Trondheim)
  • ca 1860

Predominant Regional Usage

• Norway: Nord-Trøndelag

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&
Finland		n.a.	12	0	0	n.a.	12
Denmark		5	n.a.	0	n.a.	5	n.a.
Iceland		2	4	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Sweden		0	6	0	4	0	2
Norway		5	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	5	n.a.
Greenland		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 Kalmar.