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Silas

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Usage

Denmark Danish
Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish
Faroe Islands Faroese
Greenland Greenlandic

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Origin and Meaning

Nordic spelling of Σιλας (Silas)

1) A Greek form of Aramaic shila = 'asked for' or 'prayed for' [1] [2] [3]

2) A Short form of Σιλουανος (Silouanós), which is a Greek form of Silvanus [4]

Related Names

Silas ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Faroese Finish Greenlandic Norwegian Swedish
Sillas ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish
Silluß ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish
Zilas ♂ Danish Swedish

Cognates

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Silas
Genitive: Silas'
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Silas
Accusative: Silas
Dative: Silasi
Genitive: Silasar
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Silas
Genitive: Silaksen
Partitive: Silasta
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Silas
Genitive: Silas'
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Silas
Genitive: Silas' / Silas

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of 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 Denmark[5]
3991
n.a.
 1
n.a.
 3990
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[6]
497 662 10 12 487 650
Greenland Greenland[7]
43 146
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Finland Finland[8]
n.a.
 83 0 0
n.a.
 83
Iceland Iceland[9]
1 1
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[10]
413
n.a.
 5
n.a.
 408
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 Silas (m) Sources: [6][5][10][8]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Silas (m) Sources: [11]


References

  1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  7. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  9. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  11. ↑ details see Name Statistic tables
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