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Nicolaj
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Usage
Danish
Swedish
Norwegian
Greenlandic
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Origin and Meaning
Creative spelling of Nicolai [1] [2] [3]
Related Names
See Nicolai
Grammar
| - Danish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Nicolaj |
| Genitive: | Nicolajs |
| - Norwegian |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Nicolaj |
| Genitive: | Nicolajs |
| - Swedish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Nicolaj |
| Genitive: | Nicolajs |
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
- Denmark: appears in the baptism registers of Skast herred (Næsbjerg, Øse, Fåborg, Grimstrup, Årre) in the period 1706-1710 [3]
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Namesakes
- Nicolaj Kopernikus (né Christiansen, born 9 August 1967), Danish actor
Trivia
- Sweden: In January 1973, 11 people were named Nicolaj (percentage of first or only given name: 18 %) [4]
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[5] |
  |
3343 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
3343 | n.a. |
| Sweden[6] |
 |
48 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 103 |
| Greenland[7] |
  |
11 | 31 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
 Finland[8] |
 |
n.a. |
9 | 0 | 0 | n.a. |
9 |
| Norway[9] |
 |
34 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
34 | 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. |
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Recent Statistics Trend
Sources: Top List Ranking
Sources: [10]
References
- ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
- ↑ Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Sydvestjysk navneskik gennem 300 år (1965)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables