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Usage
Old Norse
Icelandic
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Origin and Meaning
Old Norse name meaning 'the rememberer', 'the wise one' [1] [2]
Related Names
Male
Mímisson
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Female
Mímisdóttir
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Grammar
- Icelandic |
Nominative: |
Mímir
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Accusative: |
Mími
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Dative: |
Mími
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Genitive: |
Mímis
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Further Information
Norse Mythology
- Mímir is one of the Æsir, and in the Þulur his name is found amongst the names of the giants. He was very wise, and the Æsir provided him as one of the hostages after the wars against the Vanir where he was to serve Hœnir as an adviser. When the Vanir recognised that Hœnir was helpless without his adviser, they decapitated Mímir and sent the head to the Æsir where Óðinn with the help of healing herbs and charms is able to keep him from decay, so that he can continue to give secret information and such things which he gets 'from the Other World'. [1] [2]
Trivia
Statistics
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Country | 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& |
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Iceland[4] |
|
24 |
35 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Denmark[5] |
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3 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
3 |
n.a. |
Sweden[6] |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Norway[7] |
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0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
Finland[8] |
|
n.a. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Greenland[9] |
|
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 Mímir.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 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/