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Ria
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Usage
Finnish
Danish
Swedish
Norwegian
Faroese
Greenlandic
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Origin and Meaning
Short form of names ending with -ria, especially Maria [1] [2] [3]
Related Names
| Ria | ♀ |   |
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| Rie | ♀ | |
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| Riia | ♀ | |
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| Riija | ♀ |  |
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Matronyms [What's That?]
Male
| Riuson |
|
Female
| Riudóttir |
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Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| ANN | see Rianna |
Grammar
| - Danish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Ria |
| Genitive: | Rias |
| - Faroese |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Ria |
| Accusative: | Riu |
| Dative: | Riu |
| Genitive: | Riu |
| - Finnish |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Ria |
| Genitive: | Rian |
| Partitive: | Riaa |
| - Norwegian |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Ria |
| Genitive: | Rias |
| - Swedish |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Ria |
| Genitive: | Rias |
Further Information
- Faroe Islands: Officially approved as a given name [4]
Earliest Documented Usage
Namesakes
- Maria "Ria" Wägner (28 October 1914 - 11 November 1999), Swedish journalist, author, translator and television producer
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& | |
| Finland[6] |
 |
n.a. |
676 | n.a. |
676 | 0 | 0 |
| Greenland[7] |
  |
20 | 370 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Sweden[8] |
|
71 | 103 | 71 | 103 | 0 | 0 |
| Denmark[9] |
|
109 | n.a. |
109 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
| Norway[10] |
 |
40 | n.a. |
40 | 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. |
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Sources: [11]
References
- ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
- ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, census of 2011, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables