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Female Name
This name is used both as a female and a male name. See Kristin m for the male version.
Usage
Old Norse
Old Swedish
Norwegian
Swedish
Danish
Finnish
Faroese
Icelandic
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Origin and Meaning
Younger form of Kristín (see also -stin) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Related Names
See Christina
Male
Kristinarson
|
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Female
Kristinardóttir
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Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Kristin
|
Genitive: |
Kristins
|
- Faroese |
Nominative: |
Kristin
|
Accusative: |
Kristina
|
Dative: |
Kristini
|
Genitive: |
Kristinar
|
- Finnish |
Nominative: |
Kristin
|
Genitive: |
Kristinin
|
Partitive: |
Kristiniä
|
- Icelandic |
Nominative: |
Kristin
|
Accusative: |
Kristinu
|
Dative: |
Kristinu
|
Genitive: |
Kristinar
|
- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Kristin
|
Genitive: |
Kristins
|
- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Kristin
|
Genitive: |
Kristins
|
Name Days
Faroe Islands
|
24 July
|
Norway
|
24 July
|
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Namesakes
Trivia
- Kristin was a heavy storm in Norway in September 2005.
- Kristin Lavransdatter, name of the main character in a trilogy of historical novels written by Sigrid Undset: Kransen (The Wreath), first published in 1920, Husfrue (The Wife), published in 1921, and Korset (The Cross), published in 1922.
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& |
---|
Sweden[11] |
|
4805 |
15659 |
4805 |
15655 |
0 |
4 |
Denmark[12] |
|
382 |
n.a. |
371 |
n.a. |
11 |
n.a. |
Finland[13] |
|
n.a. |
722 |
n.a. |
720 |
n.a. |
2 |
Iceland[14] |
|
8 |
19 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Greenland[15] |
|
4 |
5 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[16] |
|
17088 |
n.a. |
17088 |
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. |
Statistics as female name
Recent statistics trend[11][12][16][13]:
Sources: [11] [12] [16] [13]
Norwegian historic statistics trend[16]:
Swedish Regional Distribution
Regional distribution of Kristin (f) in Sweden in the year 1880.
References
- ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
- ↑ Marianne Blomqvist: Vad heter finlandssvenskarna? (2006)
- ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
- ↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn,
http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
- ↑ © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no