Nordic Names

Nordic Names

Vǫlundr

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Usage

Old Norse Old Norse

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Origin and Meaning

Old Norse name of uncertain meaning

One theory:

Combination of Old Norse vǫl = 'choices' and hǫnd = 'hand', thus 'careful', 'surehand' [1] [2]

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Völund ♂
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Vølund ♂
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 Danish Old Danish
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Völundur ♂
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Further Information

Norse Mythology

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 Sweden[3]
0 0 0 0 0 0
Denmark Denmark[4]
0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Norway Norway[5]
0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Finland Finland[6]
n.a.
 0 0 0 0 0
Greenland Greenland[7]
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 Vǫlundr.


References

  1. ↑ Rikard Hornby: Danske navne - Træk af navngivningens historie (1951)
  2. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  7. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
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