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Old Norse name and byname
Old Norse leifr = 'heir', 'descendant' (see also -r) [1] [2] [3]
Leaifa | ♂ |
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Leffe | ♂ |
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Leif | ♂ |
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Leiff | ♂ |
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Leifi | ♂ |
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Leifr | ♂ |
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Leifur | ♂ |
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Leiv | ♂ |
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Leive | ♂ |
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Leivur | ♂ |
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Lejf | ♂ |
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Lejff | ♂ |
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Lev | ♂ |
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Læifi | ♂ |
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See also Lewe
For female forms see Leifa
For combinations see LEIF (name element)
Leifr Eiríksson, 970-1020, son of Eiríkr Þorvaldsson (Eiríkr inn rauði). Icelandic explorer and first European going to Vínland (North America) in 1002 or 1003
Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
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| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
Iceland[4] |
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1 | 1 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Sweden[5] |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Denmark[6] |
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0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
Norway[7] |
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0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
Finland[8] |
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n.a. |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Greenland[9] |
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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 Leifr.