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Interested in what given names your ancestors used? Looking for a name for a new baby? Here is a snapshot of given or first names in my database when it held just under 9,000 names (as of 27.7.2003 it had 20,350).  Statistically, the distribution should hold.

The following given names have a frequency >=20 in my staværinger database. The male names are from the 14th (1), 15th (4), 16th (86), 17th (398), 18th (872), 19th (1,309) and 20th (2,054) centuries. The female names are from the 15th (2), 16th (14), 17th (226), 18th (827), 19th (1,243) and 20th (1,927) centuries.

Some names (e.g., Karen) are evenly distributed across the centuries. Others are more popular in some centuries than others. For example, all 23 males named Odd were born in the 20th century. The most popular male name was Ole, but only 35 of the 468 (7%) males with that name were born in the 20th century, even though 43% of the males in the database were born in the 20th century.

In the charts below, the personal names are presented both individually and combined with similar names. For example, Ole and Ola, Anne and Anna, and Beret and Berit are pronounced very much alike in Norwegian.


Male Names

 

 

 

Ole

468

Jon

168

Lars

138

Johan

129

Kristoffer

117

Paul

109

Peder

85

Nils

84

John

83

Erik

70

Jens

61

Kristen

52

Karl

51

Hans

49

Ola

49

Isak

48

Jakob

46

Knut

44

Andreas

43

Rasmus

38

Elias

38

Peter

36

Per

35

Martin

32

Morten

32

Johannes

31

Torger

29

Anders

27

Arne

26

Thomas

25

Arnt

24

Odd

23

Amund

22

Petter

22

Asbjørn

21

 

 

Ole, Ola

517

Jon, John, Joen

252

Peder, Per, Peter, Petter

178

Lars

138

Kristoffer, Kristofer, Christoffer, Christopher

131

Johan

129

Paul

109

Nils

84

Erik, Eric

74

Jens

61

Karl, Carl

57

Jakob, Jacob

52

Kristen

52

Olaf, Olav, Oluf

50

Hans

49

Isak, Isaac

49

Knut

44

Andreas

43

Elias

38

Rasmus

38

Martin

32

Morten

32

Torger, Toger, Tøger

32

Johannes

31

Thomas, Tomas, Tommas

30

Torger

29

Anders

27

Arne

26

Thomas

25

Arnt

24

Odd

23

Sivert, Siver

23

Amund

22

Petter

22

Asbjørn

21

Steffen, Stephen

20

 

 

 

 

Female Names

 

 

 

Anne

327

Marit

196

Karen

194

Ingeborg

191

Ellen

133

Anna

89

Gunhild

84

Berit

83

Beret

70

Kristine

54

Kjersten

44

Siri

44

Kari

41

Marie

41

Mette

40

Johanna

37

Maren

37

Elen

36

Sigrid

36

Serine

34

Dordi

28

Olise

28

Malene

27

Randi

27

Eli

25

Elisabeth

24

Gjertrud

23

Dorthea

22

Lucie

22

Magnhild

20

 

 

Anna, Anne

416

Marit

196

Karen

194

Ingeborg, Ingebørg

192

Ellen, Elen

169

Beret, Bereth, Berit

154

Gunhild, Gunnhild

85

Sigrid, Siri

80

Kristine, Kristina

56

Marie, Maria

51

Kjersten, Kjersti, Kjerstin

50

Johanna, Johanne

45

Kari

41

Dorthea, Dorthe, Dortea, Dorte

40

Elisabeth, Elisabet, Elizabeth

40

Mette

40

Gjertrud, Gjertru, Hjartru, Hjertru, Hjertrud

38

Maren

37

Serine, Serena, Serene

36

Malene, Malena

31

Lucie, Lussi, Lussie

29

Olise

28

Randi

27

Eli

25

Hanna, Hannah, Hanne

25

Astri, Astrid

21

Magnhild

20

Oline, Olina

20



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