Vidar

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Male Name

Usage

Norwegian
Swedish
Danish
Finnish

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Origin and Meaning

Younger form of Víðarr

Related Names

See Víðarr

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Vidar
Genitive:	Vidars

- Finnish
Nominative:	Vidar
Genitive:	Vidarin
Partitive:	Vidaria

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Vidar
Genitive:	Vidars

- Swedish
Nominative:	Vidar
Genitive:	Vidars

Name Days

Norway

29 December

Finland (Swedish Language)

2 April

Sweden

31 August

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Sweden: 1827

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden: 1920-1939
• Norway: 1965-1970

Predominant Regional Usage

• Norway: Sør-Austlandet (until ca 17th century); Sogn og Fjordane, Møre og Romsdal (late 20th century)

Trivia

• Vidar was a heavy storm in Norway in January 2017.

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		4145	5873	3	12	4142	5861
Finland		n.a.	518	0	0	n.a.	518
Denmark		113	n.a.	0	n.a.	113	n.a.
Iceland		1	1	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway		9109	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	9109	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.

 

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