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Torfi

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Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Iceland Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

Old Norse name and byname

1) Old Norse younger form of Þórviðr [1]

2) Old Norse younger form of Tiǫrvi [2]

3) Old Norse torf = 'turf, sod' (see also TORF) [3]

Related Names

Torfa ♀
Frequency of X occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today
Frequency of X occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today
 Icelandic
Torfi ♂
Frequency of X occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today
Frequency of X occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today
 Icelandic Old Norse

See also Tyrfingr

Patronyms

  • Icelandic: Torfason (♂), Torfadóttir (♀)

Combinations

For combinations see TORF (name element)

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Torfi
Accusative: Torfa
Dative: Torfa
Genitive: Torfa

Statistics

Name Count per Country

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Iceland Iceland[4]
0 0 147 274
Sweden Sweden[5]
0 2 5 9
Denmark Denmark[6]
0 n.a. 5 n.a.
Norway Norway[7]
0 n.a. 0 n.a.
Finland Finland[8]
0 0 n.a. 1
  #: 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 Torfi.

Sources: [5] [6] [7] [8]

References

  1. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
  2. ↑ Richard Cleasby, Gudbrand Vigfusson: An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)
  3. ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
  4. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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