Torvald

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Male Name

Usage

Norwegian
Swedish
Finnish
Danish

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Origin and Meaning

Younger form of Þórvaldr and Thorvald

Related Names

See Þórvaldr

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Torvald
Genitive:	Torvalds

- Finnish
Nominative:	Torvald
Genitive:	Torvaldin
Partitive:	Torvaldia

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Torvald
Genitive:	Torvalds

- Swedish
Nominative:	Torvald
Genitive:	Torvalds

Name Days

Norway

11 August

Finland (Swedish Language)

27 March

Sweden

17 June

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Sweden: 1824
• Denmark: 19th century

Strongest Period of Usage

• Norway: 1900-1915
• Denmark: before 1910
• Sweden: 1910-1920

Predominant Regional Usage

• Norway: Buskerud
• Denmark: Bornholm, Lolland-Falster

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		256	1387	0	0	256	1387
Finland		n.a.	1016	0	0	n.a.	1016
Norway		318	n.a.	0	n.a.	318	n.a.
Denmark		9	n.a.	0	n.a.	9	n.a.
Iceland		1	1	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	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