Nordic Names

Nordic Names

Polyphemus

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Origin and Meaning

Latin form of Πολύφημος (Polýphēmos), a Greek name meaning 'famous (in the sense 'notorious'), a combination of Greek polus = 'many' and phēmē = 'rumour, report' [1]

Related Names

Polyphemus ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name

Further Information

Greek Mythology

Polyphemus is the name of the cyclops who imprisoned Odysseus and his companions in his cave. He is Poseidon's son. [1]

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 Sweden[2]
0 0 0 0 0 0
Denmark Denmark[3]
0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Norway Norway[4]
0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Finland Finland[5]
n.a.
 0 0 0 0 0
Greenland Greenland[6]
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 Polyphemus.


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Adrian Room: Brewer's Dictionary of Names (1992)
  2. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  5. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  6. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
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