Nordic Names

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Linus

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Usage

Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Finland Finnish

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Origin and Meaning

1) Latin form of Greek Λινος (Linos) of uncertain origin and meaning. [1] Maybe it is taken from the refrain of a lament sung at harvest in Argos / Greece: oi lann, ai lenn = 'woe betide us' [2] [3]

2) Short form of names ending on -linus (see also -inus) [2] [4]

3) Male form of Lina [3] [4]

Related Names

Liinus ♂
Frequency of X occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today
Frequency of X occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today
 Finish
Lino ♂ Danish Finish Norwegian Swedish
Linus ♂
Frequency of X occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today
Frequency of X occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today
 Danish Finish Norwegian Swedish

See also Linius

For female forms see Lina

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Linus
Genitive: Linus'
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Linus
Genitive: Linuksen
Partitive: Linusta
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Linus
Genitive: Linus'
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Linus
Genitive: Linus' / Linus

Name Days

Denmark Denmark

23 September

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

23 September

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

3 May

Sweden Sweden

26 November

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Namesakes

  • Linus Benedict Torvalds (born 28 December 1969), Finlandswedish software engineer and initiator of the Linux operation system

Statistics

Name Count per Country

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Sweden Sweden[6]
2 5 19604 23924
Norway Norway[7]
0 n.a. 1658 n.a.
Denmark Denmark[8]
0 n.a. 1098 n.a.
Finland Finland[9]
0 0 n.a. 1427
  #: 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.

 

Sources: [6] [8] [7] [9]

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Linus (m) Sources: [6][8][7][9]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Linus (m) Sources: [10]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Linus (m)

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Linus (m) in Sweden in the year 1880. Swedish Regional Distribution for Linus (m)


Source: [11]


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  5. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  10. ↑ details see Name Statistic tables
  11. ↑ © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
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