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Usage
Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Finnish
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Origin and Meaning
1) German name of uncertain origin and meaning
1a) Ancient Germanic wand = 'stem, trunk, stalk' (see VÖND) [1] [2]
1b) Maybe related to the ethnic term 'Wend' (see WENDEL) [3] [4] [5]
2) Polish name of unknown meaning [6] [5] [7]
3) Short form of Ovanda [8]
Related Names
Combinations
For combinations see VÖND and WENDEL (name elements)
Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Wanda
|
Genitive: |
Wandas
|
- Finnish |
Nominative: |
Wanda
|
Genitive: |
Wandan
|
Partitive: |
Wandaa
|
- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Wanda
|
Genitive: |
Wandas
|
- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Wanda
|
Genitive: |
Wandas
|
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Namesakes
- Wanda Maria Heger (née von der Marwitz Hjort; 9 March 1921 – 27 January 2017), Norwegian social worker noted for her efforts to help Norwegian and other prisoners in Nazi concentration camps during World War II
Trivia
- Sweden: In January 1973, 327 people were named Wanda (percentage of first or only given name: 72 %) [10]
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[11] |
|
387 |
820 |
387 |
820 |
0 |
0 |
Denmark[12] |
|
140 |
n.a. |
139 |
n.a. |
1 |
n.a. |
Finland[13] |
|
n.a. |
127 |
n.a. |
127 |
0 |
0 |
Iceland[14] |
|
8 |
27 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Greenland[15] |
|
0 |
3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[16] |
|
168 |
n.a. |
168 |
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 Wanda.
References
- ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
- ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
- ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ Judith Ahrholdt: Nordic Names - www.nordicnames.de (2004-2024).
- ↑ Riksarkivet/SVAR - Svensk arkivinformation: Sveriges befolkning 1880
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
- ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no