Magnús

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Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Iceland Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

Old Norse and Icelandic spelling of Magnus [1]

Related Names

See Magnus

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Magnúsarson Iceland
Magnússon Iceland

Female

Magnúsardóttir Iceland
Magnúsdóttir Iceland

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Magnús
Accusative: Magnús
Dative: Magnúsi
Genitive: Magnúsar

Further Information

Namesakes

  • Magnús Óláfsson, also called Magnús góði (Magnús the Good, c. 1024 – 25 October 1047), King of Norway from 1035 and King of Denmark from 1042, ruling over both countries until his death in 1047

Trivia

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&
Iceland Iceland[3]
2325 2819
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Denmark Denmark[4]
51
n.a.
0
n.a.
51
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[5]
16 22 0 0 16 22
Finland Finland[6]
n.a.
17 0 0
n.a.
17
Norway Norway[7]
0
n.a.
0
n.a.
0
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[8]
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.

 

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Magnús (m) Sources: [9]


References

  1. Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
  2. Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  3. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  4. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  6. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  7. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  8. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  9. details see Name Statistic tables