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Signa
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Norwegian
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Origin and Meaning
1) Variant form of Signy (see Signý) [1] [2]
2) Short form of Signilla (see Signil) [3]
3) In Swedish also associated with the verb välsigna = 'to bless' [3]
Related Names
| Signa | ♀ |   |
|
See also Sina
Matronyms [What's That?]
Male
| Signuson |
|
Female
| Signudóttir |
|
Grammar
| - Danish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Signa |
| Genitive: | Signas |
| - Faroese |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Signa |
| Accusative: | Signu |
| Dative: | Signu |
| Genitive: | Signu |
| - Icelandic |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Signa |
| Accusative: | Signu |
| Dative: | Signu |
| Genitive: | Signu |
| - Norwegian |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Signa |
| Genitive: | Signas |
| - Swedish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Signa |
| Genitive: | Signas |
Further Information
- Iceland: Officially approved as a given name [4]
- Faroe Islands: Officially approved as a given name [5]
Earliest Documented 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& | |
| Denmark[6] |
|
21 | n.a. |
21 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
| Sweden[7] |
|
7 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
 Greenland[8] |
  |
0 | 13 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Iceland[9] |
  |
3 | 3 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Norway[10] |
  |
0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
 Finland[11] |
 |
n.a. |
1 | n.a. |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| #: 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: [12]
References
- ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
- ↑ Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
- ↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
- ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables