Nordic Names

Nordic Names

Tínâĸ

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Usage

Greenland Greenlandic

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Origin and Meaning

Greenlandic byname meaning '(the good) drum dancer' (see also -naaq) [1] [2]

From the word tivavoq = 'dances dodging his body using a drum (to make the audience laugh)'. Hence the words tissigaa/tivsigâ = 'finds him comical', tissinarpoq/tivsinarpoĸ = 'is amusing', tissisaarpaa/tivsisârpâ = 'tries to make him laugh'

Inuit drummer
Inuit drummer
Image by Edward S. Curtis,[3]

Related Names

Tínâĸ ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Greenlandic
Tinnaaq ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Greenlandic
Tivnâĸ ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Greenlandic
Tivnâq ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Greenlandic

Further Information

Predominant Regional 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&
Sweden Sweden[4]
0 0 0 0 0 0
Denmark Denmark[5]
0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Norway Norway[6]
0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Finland Finland[7]
n.a.
 0 0 0 0 0
Greenland Greenland[8]
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 Tínâĸ.


References

  1. ↑ Nuka Møller: Kalaallit aqqi (2015)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Greenland Language Secretariat Oqaasileriffik http://www.oqaasileriffik.gl/kl
  3. ↑ Wikimedia Commons: Image by Edward S. Curtis, source & license
  4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  6. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  7. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  8. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/


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