Obed

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Finnish
Norwegian
Danish

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Origin and Meaning

Latin spelling of Ωβηδ (Obed), a Greek form of the Hebrew name עוֹבֵד ('Oved) meaning 'servant'

Related Names

Obed

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Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Obed
Genitive:	Obeds

- Finnish
Nominative:	Obed
Genitive:	Obedin
Partitive:	Obedia

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Obed
Genitive:	Obeds

- Swedish
Nominative:	Obed
Genitive:	Obeds

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Norway: 1811

Bible

• In the Old Testament, Obed was the son of Boas and Rut, and he was the grandfather of David

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&
Sweden		17	36	0	2	17	34
Finland		n.a.	14	0	0	n.a.	14
Denmark		6	n.a.	0	n.a.	6	n.a.
Norway		8	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	8	n.a.
Greenland		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 Obed.