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Female Name
Usage
Old Norse
Icelandic
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Origin and Meaning
Old Norse name meaning 'the comforter, the mild' [1]
Deriving from Old Norse lof = 'leave', 'permission'; 'praise', 'paean of praise' (see also LOF) [2] [3]
Related Names
Combinations
For combinations see LOF (name element)
Male
Lofnarson
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Female
Lofnardóttir
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Grammar
- Icelandic |
Nominative: |
Lofn
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Accusative: |
Lofn
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Dative: |
Lofn
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Genitive: |
Lofnar
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Further Information
Norse Mythology
- Lofn is the name of an Ásynja. She is so mild and benevolent to pray to that she receives permission from Óðinn and Frigg to bring together men and women whose marriage was previously forbidden. [1] [5]
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
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Denmark[6] |
|
1 |
n.a. |
1 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
Iceland[7] |
|
0 |
2 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Sweden[8] |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Norway[9] |
|
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
Finland[10] |
|
n.a. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Greenland[11] |
|
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 Lofn.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
- ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
- ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
- ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
- ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/