Torfinn

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Usage

Norwegian
Danish
Swedish
Finnish

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Origin and Meaning

Younger form of Þórfinnr

Related Names

See Þórfinnr

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Torfinn
Genitive:	Torfinns

- Finnish
Nominative:	Torfinn
Genitive:	Torfinnin
Partitive:	Torfinnia

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Torfinn
Genitive:	Torfinns

- Swedish
Nominative:	Torfinn
Genitive:	Torfinns

Name Day

Norway

8 January

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Finland: 1863

Strongest Period of Usage

• Norway: 1940-1960

Predominant Regional Usage

• Norway: Rogaland (Ryfylke), Hordaland (Hardanger), Møre og Romsdal (Romsdal and Nordmøre, esp. Averøy), Innherad (esp. Inderøy) after the Protestant Reformation

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		14	17	0	0	14	17
Denmark		13	n.a.	0	n.a.	13	n.a.
Finland		n.a.	3	0	0	n.a.	3
Norway		1028	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	1028	n.a.
Greenland		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.

 

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend