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Pages in category "Norwegian masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 277 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Norwegian masculine given names (276 P) S. ... Pages in category "Scandinavian masculine given names" The following 108 pages are in this category, out of 108 total.
Pages in category "Norwegian given names" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Bendik (given name) I.
Rune is a unisex, though predominantly masculine given name derived from the Old Norse word rún, meaning "secret".It is earliest attested in a runestone as runi. [1] It is a common name in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and popular in Belgium, where it ranked in top thirty names for baby boys in 2006 and was the tenth most popular name for boys in 2006 in the Flemish Region of Belgium. [2]
The popularity of the given name peaked in Norway during the 1950s to 1980s, with above 2% of newly born boys named Geir during the late 1960s to 1970s. As of 2014, the National statistics office of Norway recorded 22,380 men with the given name, or 0.9% of total male population. [ 2 ]
Odd, a name of Old Norse origin (Oddr), the 11th most common male name in Norway. It is rarely used in other countries, though sometimes appearing in other Nordic countries. In Old Norse the word means sharp end of an arrow or edge of blade. An Icelandic and Faroese form of the name is Oddur.
Related names Ola, Olaf, Olav, Oluf, Olof, Olov, Olin, Olen Ole is a Danish and Norwegian masculine given name, derived from the Old Norse name Óláfr , meaning "ancestor's descendant".
Arne is a common masculine given name for males in Scandinavia.It is also a surname in England.. The name Arne originates from the old Norse name Arnfinn, which in turn is derived from the old Norse name for "eagle" combined with the word for a Finnic or Sami person. [1]