Ragnhild

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Female Name

Usage

Old Swedish
Old Danish
Norway Norwegian
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Finland Finnish
Faroe Islands Faroese

Origin and Meaning

Old Swedish, Old Danish and younger form of Ragnhildr ^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7] ^[8] ^[9]

Related Names

See Ragnhildr

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Ragnhildarson

Female

Ragnhildardóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Ragnhild
Genitive:	Ragnhilds

- Faroese
Nominative:	Ragnhild
Accusative:	Ragnhild
Dative:	Ragnhild
Genitive:	Ragnhildar

- Finnish
Nominative:	Ragnhild
Genitive:	Ragnhildin
Partitive:	Ragnhildia

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Ragnhild
Genitive:	Ragnhilds

- Swedish
Nominative:	Ragnhild
Genitive:	Ragnhilds

Name Days

Norway Norway

17 May

Finland (Swedish Language)

15 July

Sweden Sweden

15 July

Further Information

Faroe Islands: Officially approved as a given name ^[10]

Strongest Period of Usage

Norway:
- 1900-1915 ^[11]
- 1930-1935 ^[11]
Sweden:
- 1900-1939 ^[12]
- 1900-1919 ^[7]
Denmark:
- 1900-1919 ^[5]
- -1930 ^[8]

Predominant Regional Usage

Norway:
- Oppland ^[2]
- Oslo ^[2]
- Austlandet ^[2]
- Østfold ^[2]
- Finnmark ^[2]
Denmark:
- Bornholm ^[5]
- Lolland-Falster ^[5]
- Sjælland ^[5]
- Fyn ^[5]
- Nordjylland ^[5]
Sweden:
- Härjedalen (19th century) see map ^[13]
- Gotland ^[12]

Namesakes

Ragnhild Theodora Jølsen (28 March 1875 – 28 January 1908), Norwegian author
Ragnhild Magerøy (9 July 1920 – 16 November 2010), Norwegian novelist, essayist and poet
Ragnhild Alexandra Lorentzen, Princess of Norway (9 June 1930 – 16 September 2012), eldest child of King Olav V of Norway and Princess Märtha of Sweden

Trivia

Sweden: In January 1973, 19,519 people were named Ragnhild (percentage of first or only given name: 46 %) ^[12]

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&
Sweden^[14]	1945	6243	1945	6243	0	0
Finland^[15]	n.a.	1993	n.a.	1993	0	0
Denmark^[16]	766	n.a.	766	n.a.	0	n.a.
Iceland^[17]	2	4	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Greenland^[18]	0	4	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway^[19]	12295	n.a.	12295	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 Ragnhild (f) Sources: ^[14]^[16]^[19]^[15]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Ragnhild (f) Sources: ^[20]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Ragnhild (f)

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Ragnhild (f) in Sweden in the year 1880. Swedish Regional Distribution for Ragnhild (f)

References

↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 ^5.5 ^5.6 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
↑ Marianne Blomqvist: Vad heter finlandssvenskarna? (2006)
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
↑ Rikard Hornby: Danske navne - Træk af navngivningens historie (1951)
↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 ^12.2 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
↑ © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
↑ ^15.0 ^15.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
↑ ^16.0 ^16.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
↑ ^19.0 ^19.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
↑ details see Name Statistic tables

[pet-1] Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)

[nper-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)

[ott-3] Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)

[dah-4] Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)

[mel-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 ^5.5 ^5.6 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)

[blo-6] Marianne Blomqvist: Vad heter finlandssvenskarna? (2006)

[bry-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)

[ler-8] 8.0 ^8.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)

[dan-9] Rikard Hornby: Danske navne - Træk af navngivningens historie (1951)

[fmn.fo-10] Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)

[alh-11] 11.0 ^11.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)

[all-12] 12.0 ^12.1 ^12.2 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)

[nn1-13] © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)

[scb.se-14] 14.0 ^14.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/

[vrf.fi-15] 15.0 ^15.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi

[dst.dk-16] 16.0 ^16.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk

[hag.is-17] Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/

[stat.gl-18] Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/

[ssb.no-19] 19.0 ^19.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no

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