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Lau
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Usage
Old Danish
Danish
Swedish
Norwegian
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Origin and Meaning
1) Danish variant form of Lav [1]
2) Danish short form of Laurits [2]
Related Names
| Lau | ♂ |   |
|
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
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
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[3] |
|
1107 | n.a. |
1 | n.a. |
1106 | n.a. |
| Sweden[4] |
 |
16 | 38 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 30 |
 Greenland[5] |
  |
0 | 11 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
 Finland[6] |
  |
n.a. |
4 | 0 | 0 | n.a. |
4 |
| Norway[7] |
|
6 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
6 | n.a. |
 Iceland[8] |
  |
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. |
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No recent statistics trend found in databases for Lau.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
- ↑ Judith Ahrholdt: Nordic Names - www.nordicnames.de (2004-2023).
- ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/