Nordic Names

Nordic Names

Vífill

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Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Iceland Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

Old Norse name of uncertain meaning. Theories include:

1) Ancient Germanic *weƀilaz (Old High German wibil, Old English wifel, Swedish vivel) = 'weevil', 'small beetle' [1] [2]

2) Ancient Germanic *wīgwilaz (Proto-Norse wīwila, see Wīwila) = diminutive of Proto-Norse wīwaR (see Wīwaz) [1] [3] [4]

3) Old Norse vefa = 'to weave' [5]

Related Names

Vifill ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Old Norse
Vífill ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Icelandic Old Norse
Vivil ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Norwegian
Vívil ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Faroese

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Vífilsson Iceland

Female

Vífilsdóttir Iceland

Combinations

For combinations see VÍFILL (name element)

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Vífill
Accusative: Vífil
Dative: Vífli
Genitive: Vífils

Further Information

Predominant Regional Usage

Trivia

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&
Iceland Iceland[7]
24 43
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[8]
0 2 0 0 0 2
Denmark Denmark[9]
0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Norway Norway[10]
0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Finland Finland[11]
n.a.
 0 0 0 0 0
Greenland Greenland[12]
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 Vífill.


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
  2. ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  4. ↑ Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  5. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  6. ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  7. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  8. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  9. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  10. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  11. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  12. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
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