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Female Name
Usage
Norwegian
Danish
Swedish
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Origin and Meaning
1) Norwegian dialectal variant form of Torny (see Þórný) [1] [2] [3]
2) Short form of Antonie (see Tonja) [1] [2] [3]
Related Names
Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Tonje
|
Genitive: |
Tonjes
|
- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Tonje
|
Genitive: |
Tonjes
|
- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Tonje
|
Genitive: |
Tonjes
|
Name Day
Norway
|
13 June
|
Further Information
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Namesakes
- Tonje Larsen (born 26 January 1975), Norwegian handballer
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
---|
Sweden[4] |
|
53 |
59 |
53 |
59 |
0 |
0 |
Denmark[5] |
|
72 |
n.a. |
72 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
Finland[6] |
|
n.a. |
8 |
n.a. |
8 |
0 |
0 |
Iceland[7] |
|
1 |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[8] |
|
6774 |
n.a. |
6774 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Greenland[9] |
|
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. |
Recent Statistics Trend
Sources: [4][5][8][6]
Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/