Lau

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Male Name

Usage

Old Danish
Danish
Swedish
Norwegian

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Origin and Meaning

1) Danish variant form of Lav

2) Danish short form of Laurits

Related Names

Lau

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Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Lausen

Female

Lausdatter

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Lau
Genitive:	Laus

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Lau
Genitive:	Laus

- Swedish
Nominative:	Lau
Genitive:	Laus

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Denmark: 15th century

Strongest Period of Usage

• Denmark: 1970-

Predominant Regional Usage

• Denmark:
  • Sjælland
  • København

Namesakes

• Lau Lauritzen, Sr. (né Lauritz Lauritzen, 13 March 1878 - 2 July 1938), Danish film director, screenwriter and actor of the silent era in Denmark
• Lau Lauritzen, Jr. (26 June 1910 – 12 May 1977), Danish actor, screenwriter, and film director

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&
Denmark		1107	n.a.	1	n.a.	1106	n.a.
Sweden		16	38	3	8	13	30
Greenland		0	11	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Finland		n.a.	4	0	0	n.a.	4
Norway		6	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	6	n.a.
Iceland		0	1	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 Lau.