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Ravn
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Usage
Old Danish
Norwegian
Danish
Swedish
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Origin and Meaning
Norwegian and Danish younger form of Hrafn [1] [2] [3] [4]
Related Names
See Hrafn
Grammar
| - Danish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Ravn |
| Genitive: | Ravns |
| - Norwegian |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Ravn |
| Genitive: | Ravns |
| - Swedish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Ravn |
| Genitive: | Ravns |
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
- Denmark:
- A name mentioned in Danmarks gamle Folkeviser
- Norway:
Strongest Period of Usage
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[5] |
  |
9 | 55 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 34 |
| Denmark[6] |
 |
36 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
36 | n.a. |
 Greenland[7] |
  |
0 | 21 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
 Finland[8] |
 |
n.a. |
4 | 0 | 0 | n.a. |
4 |
| Norway[9] |
 |
256 | n.a. |
17 | n.a. |
239 | 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. |
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Recent Statistics Trend
Sources:
References
- ↑ Rikard Hornby: Danske navne - Træk af navngivningens historie (1951)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Digi- ja Väestötietovirasto, Digital and Population Data Services Agency, https://nimipalvelu.dvv.fi
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no