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Sindri
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Old Norse
Icelandic
Norwegian
Swedish
Danish
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Origin and Meaning
Old Norse byname and name
Old Norse sindri = 'sparkling', 'the spark sprayer', 'blacksmith' [1] [2] [3] [4]
Related Names
| Sindre | ♂ |   |
|
| Sindri | ♂ |   |
|
Patronyms [What's That?]
Male
| Sindrason |
|
Female
| Sindradóttir |
|
Grammar
| - Danish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Sindri |
| Genitive: | Sindris |
| - Icelandic |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Sindri |
| Accusative: | Sindra |
| Dative: | Sindra |
| Genitive: | Sindra |
| - Norwegian |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Sindri |
| Genitive: | Sindris |
| - Swedish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Sindri |
| Genitive: | Sindris |
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Norse Mythology
- Sindri is the name of a dwarf. He is the blacksmith who forged the golden boar Gullinborsti, the ring Draupnir, the ship Skíðblaðnir and the hammer Mjǫllnir. His brother and assistant is called Brokkr. [1]
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& | |
| Iceland[6] |
  |
685 | 811 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Sweden[7] |
 |
39 | 58 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 55 |
| Denmark[8] |
 |
33 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
33 | n.a. |
 Finland[9] |
 |
n.a. |
4 | 0 | 0 | n.a. |
4 |
| Norway[10] |
|
39 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
39 | n.a. |
 Greenland[11] |
  |
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. |
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Sources: [12]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
- ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables