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Pages in category "Norwegian feminine given names" The following 153 pages are in this category, out of 153 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The first part of the name, Hreiðr, can also be translated as nest, meaning the name Reidun could refer to a woman who loves her home or nest. [2] Reidun was most popular as a name in the 1930s and 1940s. [3] 9,195 women in Norway have Reidunn as their first name. [4] The name has been used rarely as a first name in the 21st century. In Sweden ...
Pages in category "Norwegian women centenarians" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Randi Anda; B.
In Norway, Randi is a feminine name that emerged in the 1400s as a short form of Ragnfrid (Old Norse: Ragnfríðr). The original meaning in Old Norse is "God-lovable". Ragnfríðr was famously used about three different people in runic inscriptions from the Viking era.
Astrid Bjellebø Bayegan (born 1943), Norway's first female prost or dean; Cornelius Cruys, (1655–1727), first commander of the Russian Baltic Fleet; Dagny Berger (1903–1950), Norway's first woman aviator; Kristoffer Clausen, media personality; Louise Kathrine Dedichen (born 1964), vice-admiral
The Old English name is on record in the Yorkshire Domesday Book, as Sonneuæ. [8] Modern forms of the name include Synnøve, Synøve, Sønneva, Sønneve, Sunneva, Synneva, Synneve, all given in Norway, but Synnøve being the most widespread (also adopted as Synnöve in Sweden), with 5021 Norwegian women called Synnøve recorded in 2015. The ...
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Solveig is a central character in the play Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen.She sings the famous "Solveig's Song" in Edvard Grieg's musical suite of the same name.Ibsen uses sun imagery in association to the character (scene 10, act 5), indicating that Ibsen may have favored the idea that the name is etymologically associated with the sun.