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Male Name
This name is used both as a female and a male name. See Sølve f for the female version.
Usage
Norwegian
Danish
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Origin and Meaning
Younger form of Sǫlvi [1] [2]
Related Names
See Sǫlvi
Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Sølve
|
Genitive: |
Sølves
|
- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Sølve
|
Genitive: |
Sølves
|
Name Day
Norway
|
20 June
|
Further Information
Predominant Regional Usage
Namesakes
- Sølve Grotmol (29 October 1939 – 30 January 2010), Norwegian television personality
Trivia
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
---|
Denmark[3] |
|
57 |
n.a. |
32 |
n.a. |
25 |
n.a. |
Sweden[4] |
|
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Norway[5] |
|
568 |
n.a. |
12 |
n.a. |
556 |
n.a. |
Finland[6] |
|
n.a. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Greenland[7] |
|
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. |
Statistics as male name
Recent statistics trend[4][3][5][6]:
Sources: [4] [3] [5] [6]
References
- ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/