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Usage
Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Finnish
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]
Related Names
| Liinus | ♂ |   |
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| Lino | ♂ |
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| Linus | ♂ |   |
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See also Linius
For female forms see Lina
Grammar
| - Danish |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Linus |
| Genitive: | Linus' |
| - Finnish |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Linus |
| Genitive: | Linuksen |
| Partitive: | Linusta |
| - Norwegian |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Linus |
| Genitive: | Linus' |
| - Swedish |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Linus |
| Genitive: | Linus' / Linus |
Name Days
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23 September |
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23 September |
Faroe Islands
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3 May |
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26 November |
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
- Norway: Møre og Romsdal (esp. Tustna) [3]
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[6] |
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2 | 5 | 19604 | 23924 |
| Norway[7] |
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0 | n.a. | 1658 | n.a. |
| Denmark[8] |
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0 | n.a. | 1098 | n.a. |
| Finland[9] |
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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. |
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Recent Statistics Trend
Sources: Top List Ranking
Sources: [10]
Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables