Pål

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Male Name

Usage

Norwegian
Swedish
Danish
Finnish

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Origin and Meaning

Younger form of Páll

Related Names

See Páll

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Pål
Genitive:	Påls

- Finnish
Nominative:	Pål
Genitive:	Pålin
Partitive:	Pålia

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Pål
Genitive:	Påls

- Swedish
Nominative:	Pål
Genitive:	Påls

Name Days

Norway

25 January

Sweden

25 January

Further Information

Strongest Period of Usage

• Norway: 1965-1980

Predominant Regional Usage

• Sweden:
  • Skåne (20th century)
  • Jämtland (20th century)
  • Härjedalen (19th century) see map
  • Skåne (19th century) see map
  • Jämtland (19th century) see map
• Norway:
  • Oppland
  • Sør-Austlandet

Namesakes

• Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (born Pål Waaktaar Gamst, 6 September 1961), Norwegian musician and songwriter (A-ha)

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		558	1050	0	3	558	1047
Denmark		41	n.a.	0	n.a.	41	n.a.
Finland		n.a.	25	0	0	n.a.	25
Norway		9099	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	9099	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.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

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Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Pål (m) in Sweden in the year 1880.