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Male Name
This name is used both as a female and a male name. See Torgny f for the female version.
Usage
Swedish
Norwegian
Finnish
Danish
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Origin and Meaning
Younger form of Thorgny [1] [2] [3] [4]
Related Names
See ÞórgnýR
Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Torgny
|
Genitive: |
Torgnys
|
- Finnish |
Nominative: |
Torgny
|
Genitive: |
Torgnyn
|
Partitive: |
Torgnya
|
- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Torgny
|
Genitive: |
Torgnys
|
- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Torgny
|
Genitive: |
Torgnys
|
Name Days
 Finland (Swedish Language)
|
11 March
|
Sweden
|
26 February
|
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Namesakes
- Torgny Karl Segerstedt (1 November 1876 – 31 March 1945), Swedish scholar of comparative religion, later publicist and editor-in-chief of the newspaper Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning from 1917 to 1945
- Gustav Torgny Lindgren (16 June 1938 – 16 March 2017), Swedish writer
- Torgny Mogren (born 26 July 1963), Swedish cross-country skier
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[5] |
|
1755 |
4679 |
0 |
0 |
1755 |
4679 |
Finland[6] |
|
n.a. |
35 |
n.a. |
4 |
n.a. |
31 |
Denmark[7] |
|
6 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
6 |
n.a. |
Norway[8] |
|
117 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
117 |
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. |
No recent statistics trend found in databases for Torgny.
References
- ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/