Signe

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Female Name

Usage

Old Danish
Denmark Danish
Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish
Greenlandic

Origin and Meaning

1) Old Danish form of Signý ^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[3] ^[5] ^[6]

2) Creative spelling of Sine ^[5]

Related Names

See Signý

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Signe
Genitive:	Signes

- Finnish
Nominative:	Signe
Genitive:	Signen
Partitive:	Signeä

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Signe
Genitive:	Signes

- Swedish
Nominative:	Signe
Genitive:	Signes

Name Days

Finland Finland

23 August

Norway Norway

23 August

Finland (Swedish Language)

23 August

Sweden Sweden

23 August

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Denmark:
- A name mentioned in Danmarks gamle Folkeviser
- 1382 ^[1]
Norway:
- ca 1450 ^[2]
Sweden:
- 1583 ^[1] ^[4]

Strongest Period of Usage

Sweden:
- 1885-1909 ^[4]
Norway:
- 1900-1905 ^[6]
Denmark:
- 1910-1919 ^[3]
- early 20th century ^[5]
- 1970- ^[5]
- 1980- ^[3]

Predominant Regional Usage

Sweden:
- Until 1800:
  - Skåne ^[1]
- 19th century
  - Blekinge see map ^[7]
  - Uppland see map ^[7]
  - Östergötland see map ^[7]
Norway:
- After the Protestant Reformation:
  - Telemark ^[2]
  - Agder ^[2]
- Around 1900:
  - Austlandet ^[2]
- 20th century:
  - Telemark ^[2]
  - Agder ^[2]
Denmark:
- Nordjylland ^[3]
- Vestjylland ^[3]

Namesakes

Signe Amanda Georgina Hebbe (30 July 1837 – 14 February 1925), Swedish singer, actress, and theatre pedagogue

Trivia

Signe is an IKEA product name (rug) ^[8]

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&
Sweden^[9]	8954	21277	8952	21271	2	6
Denmark^[10]	14035	n.a.	14035	n.a.	0	n.a.
Finland^[11]	n.a.	7361	n.a.	7361	0	0
Greenland^[12]	35	679	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Iceland^[13]	8	8	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway^[14]	5688	n.a.	5688	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 Signe (f) Sources: ^[9]^[10]^[14]^[11]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Signe (f) Sources: ^[15]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Signe (f)

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Signe (f) in Sweden in the year 1880. Swedish Regional Distribution for Signe (f)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
↑ IKEA 2016, http://www.ikea.com/
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
↑ details see Name Statistic tables

[ott-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)

[nper-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)

[mel-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)

[bry-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)

[ler-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)

[alh-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)

[nn1-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)

[ik16-8] IKEA 2016, http://www.ikea.com/

[scb.se-9] 9.0 ^9.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/

[dst.dk-10] 10.0 ^10.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk

[vrf.fi-11] 11.0 ^11.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi

[stat.gl-12] Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/

[hag.is-13] Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/

[ssb.no-14] 14.0 ^14.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no

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