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Usage
Old Norse
Norwegian
Icelandic
Swedish
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Origin and Meaning
1) Old Norse name, combination of ODD and LAUG [1] [2] [3] [4]
2) Norwegian variant form of Orlaug [1]
Related Names
Male
Oddlaugarson
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Female
Oddlaugardóttir
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Grammar
- Icelandic |
Nominative: |
Oddlaug
|
Accusative: |
Oddlaugu
|
Dative: |
Oddlaugu
|
Genitive: |
Oddlaugar
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- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Oddlaug
|
Genitive: |
Oddlaugs
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- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Oddlaug
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Genitive: |
Oddlaugs
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Name Day
Norway
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23 May
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Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Trivia
- Sweden: In January 1973, 18 people were named Oddlaug (percentage of first or only given name: 72 %) [6]
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& |
---|
Iceland[7] |
|
3 |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Sweden[8] |
|
0 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
Denmark[9] |
|
1 |
n.a. |
1 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
Finland[10] |
|
n.a. |
2 |
n.a. |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Norway[11] |
|
602 |
n.a. |
602 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Greenland[12] |
|
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. |
Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
- ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ 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/