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Randolf

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Usage

Old Swedish Old Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Denmark Danish

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Origin and Meaning

1) Old Swedish and modern form of Randolfr [1] [2] [3] [4]

2) Old High German name, combination of RAND and ULF [5] [6] [7] [4]

Related Names

Randolf ♂
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Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Finish Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
Randolph ♂
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
Randolv ♂
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Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Norwegian Swedish
Randulf ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Norwegian Old Danish Swedish
Randulv ♂
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Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Norwegian

See also Randall

Cognates

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Randolf
Genitive: Randolfs
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Randolf
Genitive: Randolfin
Partitive: Randolfia
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Randolf
Genitive: Randolfs
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Randolf
Genitive: Randolfs

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Trivia

  • Sweden: In January 1973, 153 people were named Randolf (percentage of first or only given name: 10 %) [8]

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[9]
9 67 0 0 9 67
Finland Finland[10]
n.a.
 41 0 0
n.a.
 41
Denmark Denmark[11]
4
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 4
n.a.
Norway Norway[12]
44
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
 44
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[13]
0 1
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[14]
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 Randolf.


References

  1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  5. ↑ Dr. Ernst Förstemann: Altdeutsches namenbuch (1856)
  6. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  7. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
  9. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  10. ↑ Digi- ja Väestötietovirasto, Digital and Population Data Services Agency, https://nimipalvelu.dvv.fi
  11. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  12. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  13. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  14. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
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