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Usage
Old Norse
Old Danish
Old Swedish
Swedish
Danish
Norwegian
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Origin and Meaning
Latin form of Nikolaos [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Related Names
See Nikolaos
Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Nicolaus
|
Genitive: |
Nicolaus'
|
- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Nicolaus
|
Genitive: |
Nicolaus'
|
- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Nicolaus
|
Genitive: |
Nicolaus' / Nicolaus
|
Further Information
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Trivia
- Sweden: In January 1973, 143 people were named Nicolaus (percentage of first or only given name: 9 %) [8]
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
---|
Sweden[10] |
|
37 |
181 |
0 |
0 |
37 |
181 |
Denmark[11] |
|
12 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
12 |
n.a. |
Finland[12] |
|
n.a. |
7 |
0 |
0 |
n.a. |
7 |
Norway[13] |
|
4 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
4 |
n.a. |
Greenland[14] |
|
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. |
Swedish Regional Distribution
Regional distribution of Nicolaus (m) in Sweden in the year 1880.
References
- ↑ Rikard Hornby: Danske navne - Træk af navngivningens historie (1951)
- ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
- ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
- ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
- ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Navnemode og modenavne (1993)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
- ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/