Nordic Names

Nordic Names

Pontus

From Nordic Names - www.nordicnames.de - All rights reserved.

Nameguide note desktop.png

Nameguide note mobile.png

Rate this name:

4.64
(11 votes)



Male Male Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian

Advertisement:


Origin and Meaning

1) Greek ποντος (póntos) = 'ocean' [1] [2] [3]

Judithswave.jpg


2) Short form of Pontianus [1] [2] [3]

See also -us

Related Names

Pontius ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Swedish
Pontte ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Finish
Pontti ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Finish
Ponttius ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Finish
Ponttu ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Finish
Pontus ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Finish Norwegian Swedish
Potte ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Finish

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Pontus
Genitive: Pontus'
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Pontus
Genitive: Pontuksen
Partitive: Pontusta
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Pontus
Genitive: Pontus'
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Pontus
Genitive: Pontus' / Pontus

Name Days

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

20 November

Sweden Sweden

20 November

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Namesakes

  • Pontus Hans Segerström (17 February 1981 – 13 October 2014), Swedish footballer

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

Please turn your device to landscape orientation for better view of statistics tables and graphs.
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[5]
13291 16381 4 6 13287 16375
Finland Finland[6]
n.a.
 711 0 0
n.a.
 711
Denmark Denmark[7]
34
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 34
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[8]
2 4
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[9]
100
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
 100
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[10]
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

Name statistics for Pontus (m) Sources: [5][7][9][6]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Pontus (m) Sources: [11]

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Pontus (m) in Sweden in the year 1880. Swedish Regional Distribution for Pontus (m)


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  4. ↑ © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  8. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  10. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  11. ↑ details see Name Statistic tables
Retrieved from "https://www.nordicnames.de/w/index.php?title=Pontus&oldid=413742"