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Skjalm

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Usage

Old Danish Old Danish
Denmark Danish

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Origin and Meaning

Old Danish name of unknown meaning and origin

One suggestion is that it is connected to the German word Schelm:

Old High German scalmo, scelmo = 'carrion, plague'
Middle High German schalm(e), schelm(e) = 'carrion, plague' and 'scammer, beguiler'
Modern High German Schelm = 'scammer, beguiler' and 'rogue, jester'

Related Names

Skjalm ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Old Danish

Patronyms

Denmark: Skjalmsen, Skjalmsdatter (♀)

Further Information

Namesakes

Skjalm Hvide (~ 1060-1113), Danish chieftain (Sjælland)

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[1]
6
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 6
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[2]
1 1
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[3]
0 0 0 0 0 0
Norway Norway[4]
0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Finland Finland[5]
n.a.
 0 0 0 0 0
Greenland Greenland[6]
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.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Skjalm.


References

  1. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  2. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  5. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  6. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
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