Ragnar

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Usage

Norway Norwegian
Sweden Swedish
Iceland Icelandic
Denmark Danish
Faroe Islands Faroese

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Origin and Meaning

Old Swedish and younger form of Ragnarr [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Related Names

See Ragnarr

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Ragnarsen Norway
Ragnarsson Faroe Islands Iceland Sweden

Female

Ragnarsdatter Norway
Ragnarsdotter Sweden
Ragnarsdóttir Faroe Islands Iceland

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Ragnar
Genitive: Ragnars
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Ragnar
Accusative: Ragnar
Dative: Ragnari
Genitive: Ragnars
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Ragnar
Genitive: Ragnarin
Partitive: Ragnaria
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Ragnar
Accusative: Ragnar
Dative: Ragnari
Genitive: Ragnars
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Ragnar
Genitive: Ragnars
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Ragnar
Genitive: Ragnars

Name Days

Norway Norway

25 May

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

1 October

Sweden Sweden

1 October

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Namesakes

  • Ragnar Östberg (14 July 1866 - 5 February 1945), Swedish architect who is most famous for designing Stockholm City Hall
  • Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch (3 March 1895 – 31 January 1973), Norwegian economist and Nobel laureate NNNobel.png (Economics, 1969)
  • Ragnar Arthur Granit, 30 October 1900 – 12 March 1991, Finnish/Swedish scientist and Nobel laureate NNNobel.png (Physiology or Medicine, 1967)

Trivia

  • Sweden: In January 1973, 40,343 people were named Ragnar (percentage of first or only given name: 16 %) [9]

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[11]
2003 15289 0 6 2003 15283
Iceland Iceland[12]
1238 1791
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Finland Finland[13]
n.a.
3649 0 0
n.a.
3649
Denmark Denmark[14]
201
n.a.
0
n.a.
201
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[15]
0 4
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[16]
4173
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
4173
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 Ragnar (m) Sources: [11][14][16][13]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Ragnar (m) Sources: [17]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Ragnar (m)

Swedish Regional Distribution

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


References

  1. Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  3. Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  4. Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  5. Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
  6. 6.0 6.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
  10. © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
  11. 11.0 11.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  12. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  13. 13.0 13.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  14. 14.0 14.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  15. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  16. 16.0 16.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  17. details see Name Statistic tables