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Usage
Norwegian
Swedish
Icelandic
Danish
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
Male
Female
Ragnarsdatter
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Ragnarsdotter
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Ragnarsdóttir
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Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Ragnar
|
Genitive: |
Ragnars
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- Faroese |
Nominative: |
Ragnar
|
Accusative: |
Ragnar
|
Dative: |
Ragnari
|
Genitive: |
Ragnars
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- Finnish |
Nominative: |
Ragnar
|
Genitive: |
Ragnarin
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Partitive: |
Ragnaria
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- Icelandic |
Nominative: |
Ragnar
|
Accusative: |
Ragnar
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Dative: |
Ragnari
|
Genitive: |
Ragnars
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- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Ragnar
|
Genitive: |
Ragnars
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- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Ragnar
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Genitive: |
Ragnars
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Name Days
Norway
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25 May
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 Finland (Swedish Language)
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1 October
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Sweden
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1 October
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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
(Economics, 1969)
- Ragnar Arthur Granit, 30 October 1900 – 12 March 1991, Finnish/Swedish scientist and Nobel laureate
(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
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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& |
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Sweden[11] |
|
2003 |
15289 |
0 |
6 |
2003 |
15283 |
Iceland[12] |
|
1238 |
1791 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Finland[13] |
|
n.a. |
3649 |
0 |
0 |
n.a. |
3649 |
Denmark[14] |
|
201 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
201 |
n.a. |
Greenland[15] |
|
0 |
4 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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
Sources: [11][14][16][13]
Top List Ranking
Sources: [17]
Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend
Swedish Regional Distribution
Regional distribution of Ragnar (m) in Sweden in the year 1880.
References
- ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
- ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
- ↑ © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables