Nordic Names

Nordic Names

Kaugúnaĸ

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Usage

Greenland Greenlandic

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Origin and Meaning

Greenlandic name meaning 'the one who had been buried (or caved) in between rocks'

According to Samuel Kleinschmidt's dictionary from 1871, the verbal stem kauvâ (kaavaa) means: 'puts something temporarily into an approximately sized cavity (hollow space); especially ... puts his hand in or under something, with just the similar size (under a stone for example to feel ones way, or in the pocket.) ...' [1] [2]

Related Names

Kaugúnaĸ ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Greenlandic
Kaugunnaq ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Greenlandic

Further Information

Predominant Regional Usage

Greenlandic Mythology

According to a legend, a man was hunting auks on a mountain and was buried between rocks in a landslide. Although he survived inside a cavity, he subsequently died of starvation. A powerful shaman came by and liberated the body and brought it to the shore, where he resuscitated him by conferring a new name by saying: "Kaugunnaq iterit!" (O Thou Who Hast Been Caved in by the Rocks, revive!") and the man began to breathe again, and came back to be among the living [1] [2]

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 Sweden[3]
0 0 0 0 0 0
Denmark Denmark[4]
0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Norway Norway[5]
0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Finland Finland[6]
n.a.
 0 0 0 0 0
Greenland Greenland[7]
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 Kaugúnaĸ.


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nuka Møller: Kalaallit aqqi (2015)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Greenland Language Secretariat Oqaasileriffik http://www.oqaasileriffik.gl/kl
  3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  7. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
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