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1) Norwegian fantasy name, probably inspired by Johan Sebastian Cammermeyer Welhaven's poem "Lokkende Toner" ('Alluring Sounds', 1859), where the refrain is
Tirilil Tove
Langt, langt bort i Skove
'Tirilil Tove'
'Far, far away in the woods' [1] [2]
2) It also reminds of other names ending with -ril/-rill containing the Old Norse name element HILD (e.g. Siril) [1] [2]
3) Norwegian tiriltunge = 'bird's-foot trefoil' (Lat. Lotus corniculatus, flower) [2]
4) The tiril-part of 3) is a younger form of Old Norse þyrill which means 'a whisk' (with a fringe at the end, with which to whip milk), see also Þyrill [3]
Thiril | ♀ |
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Tiril | ♀ |
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Tirild | ♀ |
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Tirill | ♀ |
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See also Iril
- Danish | |
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Nominative: | Tiril |
Genitive: | Tirils |
- Norwegian | |
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Nominative: | Tiril |
Genitive: | Tirils |
- Swedish | |
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Nominative: | Tiril |
Genitive: | Tirils |
Norway |
16 June |
Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
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| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
Sweden[4] |
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53 | 63 | 53 | 63 | 0 | 0 |
Denmark[5] |
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29 | n.a. |
29 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
Finland[6] |
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n.a. |
2 | n.a. |
2 | 0 | 0 |
Norway[7] |
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4285 | n.a. |
4285 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Greenland[8] |
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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. |
Sources: [9]