River

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Usage

Swedish
Finnish
Norwegian
Danish
Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

English name

From the vocabulary word river. The word derives (via Old French riviere) from Vulgar Latin *riparia = 'riverbank, seashore, river'

Related Names

River

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Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Riversson

Female

Riversdóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	River
Genitive:	Rivers

- Finnish
Nominative:	River
Genitive:	Riverin
Partitive:	Riveriä

- Icelandic
Nominative:	River
Accusative:	River
Dative:	River
Genitive:	Rivers

- Norwegian
Nominative:	River
Genitive:	Rivers

- Swedish
Nominative:	River
Genitive:	Rivers

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Iceland: Officially approved as a given name on 14 January 2020

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		201	383	12	30	189	353
Finland		n.a.	51	0	0	n.a.	51
Denmark		12	n.a.	5	n.a.	7	n.a.
Norway		11	n.a.	4	n.a.	7	n.a.
Greenland		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.

 

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