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Lóa

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Female Female Name

Usage

Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese

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Origin and Meaning

1) Old Norse lóa = 'golden plover' (bird) [1] [2]

2) Icelandic pet form of many different names, e.g. Elísabet, Eygló, Laufey, Ólafía, Ólöf [1]

Golden Plover
Golden Plover
Image by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen,[3]
licensed under Creative Commons

Related Names

Lóa ♀
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Faroese Icelandic
Lói ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Icelandic

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Lóuson Faroe Islands Iceland

Female

Lóudóttir Faroe Islands Iceland

Combinations

For combinations see LÓ (name element)

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Lóa
Accusative: Lóu
Dative: Lóu
Genitive: Lóu
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Lóa
Accusative: Lóu
Dative: Lóu
Genitive: Lóu

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

Please turn your device to landscape orientation for better view of statistics tables and graphs.
Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Iceland Iceland[6]
134 450
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Denmark Denmark[7]
15
n.a.
 15
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[8]
5 19 5 19 0 0
Finland Finland[9]
n.a.
 3
n.a.
 3 0 0
Norway Norway[10]
0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[11]
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.

 

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Lóa (f) Sources: [12]


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
  2. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  3. ↑ Wikimedia Commons: Image by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, source & license
  4. ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  5. ↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
  6. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  7. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  8. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  9. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  10. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  11. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  12. ↑ details see Name Statistic tables


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