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Saga

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Female Female Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Iceland Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

1) Younger form of Sága [1]

2) Swedish saga = 'fairy tale' [1] [2] [3] [4]

Related Names

Saaga ♀
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Finish
Saga ♀
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Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Finish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Sagah ♀
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Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Swedish
Zaga ♀
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
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Zagah ♀
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Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Swedish

See also Oodi, Runo, Satu and Taru

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Söguson Iceland

Female

Sögudóttir Iceland

Combinations

For combinations see SAGA (name element)

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Saga
Genitive: Sagas
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Saga
Accusative: Sögu
Dative: Sögu
Genitive: Sögu
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Saga
Genitive: Sagas
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Saga
Genitive: Sagas

Name Day

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

17 October

Sweden Sweden

8 March

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Trivia

  • Sweden: In January 1973, 2,367 people were named Saga (percentage of first or only given name: 84 %) [6]

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

Please turn your device to landscape orientation for better view of statistics tables and graphs.
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[8]
11856 17391 11851 17381 5 10
Finland Finland[9]
n.a.
 4899
n.a.
 4899 0 0
Denmark Denmark[7]
1195
n.a.
 1195
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[10]
230 285
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[11]
1102
n.a.
 1102
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[12]
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.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Saga (f) Sources: [8][7][11][9]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Saga (f) Sources: [13]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Saga (f)


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. ↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  5. ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  10. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  12. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  13. ↑ details see Name Statistic tables
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