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Tolv
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Origin and Meaning
Norwegian younger form of Þolfr [1] [2]
Related Names
See ÞólfR
Grammar
 - Norwegian |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Tolv |
| Genitive: | Tolvs |
 - Swedish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Tolv |
| Genitive: | Tolvs |
Further Information
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
- Norway: Østfold, Vestfold (esp. Sandar), Telemark, Aust-Agder after the Protestant Reformation; Buskerud in modern times [1]
Trivia
- Tolv has been used for the twelvth child, because tolv happens to be the Swedish and Norwegian word for 'twelve'
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[3] |
  |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Denmark[4] |
|
0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
| Norway[5] |
  |
5 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
5 | n.a. |
 Finland[6] |
|
n.a. |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Greenland[7] |
|
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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No recent statistics trend found in databases for Tolv.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/