Kastor

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Finnish

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Origin and Meaning

1) Greek name of uncertain meaning

1a) Greek κάστορας (kastoras) = 'beaver'

1b) Greek κεκασμαι (kekasmai) = 'to shine, to excel'

2) New combination of names beginning with Kas- and ÞOR

Related Names

Castor	♂
Kastor	♂

For female forms see Kastora

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Kastor
Genitive:	Kastors

- Finnish
Nominative:	Kastor
Genitive:	Kastorin
Partitive:	Kastoria

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Kastor
Genitive:	Kastors

- Swedish
Nominative:	Kastor
Genitive:	Kastors

Name Days

Denmark

27 March

Faroe Islands

27 March

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Denmark: 1834
• Norway: 1853 (Åsen, Nord-Trøndelag)

Period of Usage

• Norway: 1853-1984

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		5	6	0	0	5	6
Denmark		2	n.a.	0	n.a.	2	n.a.
Finland		n.a.	4	0	0	n.a.	4
Norway		4	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	4	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 Kastor.