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Male Name
Usage
Norwegian
Swedish
Finnish
Danish
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Origin and Meaning
Younger form of Þórvaldr and Thorvald [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
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
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
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[6] |
|
250 |
1344 |
0 |
0 |
250 |
1344 |
Finland[7] |
|
n.a. |
1016 |
0 |
0 |
n.a. |
1016 |
Denmark[8] |
|
10 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
10 |
n.a. |
Iceland[9] |
|
1 |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[10] |
|
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
317 |
n.a. |
Greenland[11] |
|
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
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 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
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/