Ulrik

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Usage

Old Swedish Old Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Greenland Greenlandic

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Origin and Meaning

Low German and Frisian form of Ulrich [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Related Names

See Uodalrich

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Ulrikinpoika Finland
Ulriksen Denmark Norway
Ulrikson Norway Sweden
Ulrikssen Norway
Ulriksson Norway Sweden
Ulriksøn Norway

Female

Ulrikintytär Finland
Ulrikdatter Norway
Ulriksdatter Denmark Norway
Ulriksdotter Sweden

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Ulrik
Genitive: Ulriks
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Ulrik
Genitive: Ulrikin
Partitive: Ulrikia
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Ulrik
Genitive: Ulriks
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Ulrik
Genitive: Ulriks

Name Days

Norway Norway

4 July

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

4 July

Sweden Sweden

5 August

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Namesakes

  • Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve (7 April 1630 – December 11, 1658), one of Denmark's foremost military commanders, illegitimate child of Christian IV of Denmark and his chambermaid and mistress Vibeke Kruse
  • Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, Count of Laurvig (20 July 1638 – 1704), leading general in Norway during the Scanian War, whose Norwegian leg is conventionally named the "Gyldenløve War" after him, illegitimate son of King Frederik III of Denmark and Norway
  • Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve (1678 – December 1719), Danish navy Admiral and Governor of Iceland, illegitimate son of Christian V of Denmark and Sophie Amalie Moth
  • Johan Ulrik Olsen (2 August 1885 – 4 October 1963), Norwegian politician

Trivia

  • Sweden: In January 1973, 2587 people were named Ulrik (percentage of first or only given name: 12 %) [7]
  • Ulrik was a heavy storm in Norway in October 2008.

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&
Denmark Denmark[9]
4158
n.a.
0
n.a.
4158
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[10]
1106 2606 0 4 1106 2602
Greenland Greenland[11]
76 335
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Finland Finland[12]
n.a.
226 0 0
n.a.
226
Iceland Iceland[13]
0 2
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[14]
3044
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
3044
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.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Ulrik (m) Sources: [10][9][14][12]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Ulrik (m) Sources: [15]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Ulrik (m)

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Ulrik (m) in Sweden in the year 1880. Swedish Regional Distribution for Ulrik (m)


References

  1. Friedrich Wilhelm Weitershaus: Das große Vornamenlexikon (1998)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  6. Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
  8. © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
  9. 9.0 9.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  10. 10.0 10.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  11. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  12. 12.0 12.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  13. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  14. 14.0 14.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  15. details see Name Statistic tables