Lofn

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Female Female Name

Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Iceland 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

Lofn
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Icelandic Old Norse

Combinations

For combinations see LOF (name element)

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Lofnarson Iceland

Female

Lofnardóttir Iceland

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Lofn
Accusative: Lofn
Dative: Lofn
Genitive: Lofnar

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

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 Denmark[6]
1
n.a.
1
n.a.
0
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[7]
0 2
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[8]
0 0 0 0 0 0
Norway Norway[9]
0
n.a.
0
n.a.
0
n.a.
Finland Finland[10]
n.a.
0 0 0 0 0
Greenland 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. 1.0 1.1 Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
  2. Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
  3. Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
  4. Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  5. Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
  6. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  7. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  8. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  9. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  10. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  11. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/