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Nestor
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Usage
Finnish
Swedish
Danish
Norwegian
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Origin and Meaning
Latin spelling of the Greek name Νεστωρ (Nestor)
Greek nostos = 'homecoming' [1] [2] [3]
Related Names
| Esto | ♂ |   |
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| Neko | ♂ |  |
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| Nepo | ♂ | |
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| Nepukka | ♂ |  |
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| Neso | ♂ | |
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| Nessu | ♂ | |
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| Nester | ♂ | |
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| Nesti | ♂ | |
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| Nesto | ♂ | |
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| Nestoor | ♂ | |
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| Nestoori | ♂ | |
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| Nestor | ♂ |  |
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| Nestori | ♂ | |
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| Tori | ♂ |  |
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Grammar
| - Danish |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Nestor |
| Genitive: | Nestors |
| - Finnish |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Nestor |
| Genitive: | Nestorin |
| Partitive: | Nestoria |
| - Norwegian |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Nestor |
| Genitive: | Nestors |
| - Swedish |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Nestor |
| Genitive: | Nestors |
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
- Norway:
- Akershus (Nes) [1]
- Austlandet [1]
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[5] |
 |
0 | 1 | 133 | 418 |
| Norway[6] |
 |
0 | n.a. | 40 | n.a. |
| Denmark[7] |
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0 | n.a. | 38 | n.a. |
| Finland[8] |
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0 | 0 | n.a. | 4484 |
| #: 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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Swedish Regional Distribution
Regional distribution of Nestor (m) in Sweden in the year 1880.
Source: [9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
- ↑ Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)