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Old May 23rd, 2023 #1
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Default Irish Roots: Viking surnames.

True hereditary surnames were only introduced in Scandinavia in the late 18th century


The Norse tree of life is a large ash tree named Yggdrasil the world tree, which connects the Nine Worlds and is the center of the cosmos. … Yggdrasil represents the cycle of life, death and rebirth.


There is no such thing as a Viking surname. True hereditary surnames were only introduced in Scandinavia in the late 18th century, more than 700 years after the heyday of Viking expansion. Hereditary surnames still don’t exist in that most Viking of countries, Iceland, where personal names continue to last only a single generation.


So why does Sean de Bhulbh’s magisterial Sloinnte na hÉireann: Irish Surnames list no fewer than 97 Irish names that have Norse or Viking roots? All the stranger when you consider surnames only began to be widely adopted in Ireland from the 11th century, well after Viking power in Ireland was broken. But there is no doubt about the origins of these names: McAuliff, son of Olaf; Groarke, Mag Ruairc, son of Hrothkekr; McBirney, son of Bjorn; Reynolds, Mac Raghnall, from the Norse first name Ragnall. Some might have originated with Gaels imitating their neighbours, but the simplest explanation is that Viking settlers adopted Gaelic naming practices, dropping their own single-generation names.


Other Norse-origin names provide evidence of the importance of those naming practices. Doyle is Ó Dubhghaill, from dubh, “dark”, and gall, “foreigner”, a descriptive formula first used to describe the invading Vikings, and in particular to distinguish darker-haired Danes from fair-haired Norwegians. O’Loughlin and Higgins both stem directly from words meaning literally “Viking”, Lochlann in Irish and Uigínn, an Irish version of the Norse Vikinger. These names are permanent badges of otherness – think “Johnny Foreigner” – but families were perfectly prepared to adopt and endure them, a measure of just how intense was the need to have a hereditary and patronymic surname in medieval Ireland.


We adopted them early and we adopted them with gusto. Extended family networks were the very essence of Gaelic society: what better way of flagging your network than embodying it in your name?


Which is why there were no Viking surnames except for Irish Viking surnames.


Irish Roots: Viking surnames 23 V 2023.

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Old May 23rd, 2023 #2
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One of my Geography teachers Mr Edmundson several times remarked " There were no towns in Ireland of Irish origin, it wasn't the Gaelic custom to build towns. The Irish towns were Viking founded with good ports - Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Limerick, etc."



Hardly a century of Surnames in Iceland.

Icelandic Surnames - Nordic Names Wiki - Name Origin ...

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From Nordic Names - www.nordicnames.de - All rights reserved. In Iceland the use of surnames is forbidden by a law, which passed in 1925. There are a few exceptions: If a family had a surname before 1925, they have been allowed to keep using it. Thus, only about 10 % of the Icelanders have a hereditary surname, most commonly a (Danish) secondary patronym or a farm name both from Iceland and from …

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Old July 26th, 2023 #3
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Default Danish names - Top 100 first names in Denmark & statistics

Danish Names

The most common Danish names
1 Peter (71928)
2 Lars (68871)
3 Jens (63945)
4 Michael (63223)
5 Henrik (62715)
6 Anne (62032)
7 Thomas (57848)
8 Mette (55141)
9 Jan (51636)
10 Niels (50391)
11 Helle (49577)
12 Hanne (47978)
13 Jesper (46815)
14 Hans (46070)
15 Kirsten (45700)
16 Morten (45628)
17 Martin (44941)
18 Per (43928)
19 Ole (43494)
20 Kim (41506)
21 Lene (41235)
22 Susanne (41067)
23 Anders (39593)
24 Christian (39173)
25 Erik (36644)
26 Marianne (36113)
27 Tina (34499)
28 John (34179)
29 Charlotte (33991)
30 Pia (33941)
31 Lone (33317)
32 Claus (33192)
33 Gitte (32809)
34 Poul (31970)
35 Torben (29284)
36 Jette (28368)
37 Maria (28289)
38 Flemming (27895)
39 Bent (27652)
40 Karen (27414)
41 Carsten (26708)
42 Louise (26130)
43 Bente (25686)
44 Anna (25145)
45 Christina (24541)
46 Inge (24297)
47 Steen (23926)
48 Camilla (23530)
49 Brian (23174)
50 Allan (23052)
51 Pernille (22789)
52 Rasmus (22594)
53 Heidi (22499)
54 Annette (22397)
55 Jacob (21788)
56 Anette (21724)
57 Inger (21697)
58 Finn (21309)
59 Birgitte (21263)
60 Dorthe (20848)
61 Ulla (20823)
62 Henning (20795)
63 Bjarne (20544)
64 Birgit (19883)
65 Kenneth (19653)
66 Lisbeth (19414)
67 Karin (18841)
68 Bo (18182)
69 Mogens (18176)
70 Dorte (18073)
71 Birthe (18063)
72 Else (18040)
73 Leif (17685)
74 Trine (17387)
75 Kristian (17135)
76 Eva (16727)
77 Jytte (16681)
78 Line (16623)
79 Kurt (16576)
80 Kasper (16498)
81 Jakob (16488)
82 Lis (16398)
83 Vibeke (15923)
84 Lise (15890)
85 Karina (15833)
86 Preben (15827)
87 Frank (15561)
88 Arne (15038)
89 Marie (15034)
90 Tove (14970)
91 Jane (14762)
92 Klaus (14595)
93 Anja (14328)
94 Rene (13894)
95 Lasse (13772)
96 Lotte (13628)
97 Daniel (13617)
98 Karsten (13439)
99 Jonas (13324)
100 Stine (13101)
101 Simon (13064)
102 Bodil (12898)
103 Grethe (12861)
104 Linda (12779)
105 Dennis (12678)
106 Ellen (11680)
107 Julie (11464)
108 Tommy (11384)
109 Henriette (11363)
110 Andreas (11323)
111 Jeanette (10927)
112 Nina (10902)
113 Johnny (10888)
114 Ann (10103)
115 Anita (10015)
116 Gert (9845)
117 Signe (9571)
118 Bettina (9558)
119 Ruth (9428)
120 Anni (9423)
121 Dan (9352)
122 Mona (9281)
123 Tom (9281)
124 Karl (9111)
125 Steffen (9051)
126 Benny (8996)
127 Sanne (8875)
128 Merete (8829)
129 Mia (8603)
130 Carl (8525)
131 Ida (8447)
132 Laila (8400)
133 Aase (8249)
134 Ingrid (8220)
135 Tanja (8156)
136 Mikael (8069)
137 Frederik (7973)
138 Maja (7960)
139 Stig (7833)
140 Alice (7787)
141 Britta (7770)
142 Kristina (7743)
143 Erling (7699)
144 Margit (7670)
145 Berit (7658)
146 Betina (7653)
147 Lena (7618)
148 Sara (7602)
149 Joan (7593)
150 Mathias (7567)
151 Sonja (7471)
152 Rune (7438)
153 Connie (7426)
154 Ove (7262)
155 Janne (7090)
156 Nicolai (6968)
157 Helene (6964)
158 Gerda (6902)
159 Birte (6893)
160 Elisabeth (6813)
161 David (6809)
162 Susan (6732)
163 Sofie (6466)
164 Inga (6415)
165 Rita (6378)
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169 Sarah (6260)
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174 Gunnar (6033)
175 Lisa (6010)
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178 Alex (5754)
179 Mark (5742)
180 Johannes (5726)
181 Egon (5617)
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183 Annie (5242)
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185 Christine (5113)
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187 Annelise (4994)
188 Edith (4979)
189 Marlene (4928)
190 Katja (4913)
191 Lillian (4863)
192 Patrick (4822)
193 Kristine (4769)
194 Johan (4742)
195 Britt (4739)
196 Winnie (4717)
197 Sven (4700)
198 Sandra (4698)
199 Astrid (4679)
200 Grete (4669)
201 Jimmy (4606)
202 Elin (4523)
203 Diana (4494)
204 Alexander (4476)
205 Solveig (4471)
206 Tobias (4424)
207 Tonny (4420)
208 Conny (4220)
209 Benjamin (4216)
210 Holger (4212)
211 Paul (4190)
212 Lea (4137)
213 Laura (4124)
214 Nils (3914)
215 Kate (3870)
216 Yvonne (3826)
217 Aksel (3822)
218 Esther (3759)
219 Caroline (3747)
220 Lisbet (3725)
221 Ane (3716)
222 Sebastian (3715)
223 Simone (3667)
224 Henry (3662)
225 Philip (3637)
226 Tim (3622)
227 Henny (3602)
228 Johanne (3545)
229 Erna (3535)
230 Gudrun (3498)
231 Chris (3475)
232 Lilian (3455)
233 Freddy (3448)
234 Kamilla (3436)
235 Elly (3398)
236 Jon (3369)
237 Max (3315)
238 Leo (3272)
239 Helga (3259)
240 Doris (3250)
241 Viggo (3180)
242 Lilly (3165)
243 Magnus (3107)
244 Kai (3085)
245 Ina (3070)
246 Ella (3067)
247 Kristoffer (3044)
248 Helen (3016)
249 Emma (3013)
250 Nick (3011)
251 Nadia (3004)
252 Bruno (2994)
253 Vera (2988)
254 Ernst (2975)
255 Ketty (2947)
256 Annika (2946)
257 Richard (2933)
258 Harry (2931)
259 Jeanne (2897)
260 Anny (2887)
261 Mohammad (2843)
262 Rolf (2780)
263 Monica (2772)
264 Mathilde (2762)
265 Annemarie (2757)
266 Danny (2756)
267 Vivian (2736)
268 Otto (2727)
269 Ali (2682)
270 Willy (2674)
271 Jack (2672)
272 Jenny (2671)
273 Mary (2656)
274 Jim (2649)
275 Ilse (2644)
276 Emilie (2631)
277 Betty (2631)
278 Axel (2607)
279 Marc (2546)
280 Hanna (2542)
281 Asta (2532)
282 Cathrine (2526)
283 Mike (2504)
284 Torsten (2500)
285 Ester (2498)
286 Sabrina (2489)
287 Vita (2467)
288 Lilli (2457)
289 Mariann (2450)
290 Lennart (2416)
291 Christa (2376)
292 Sigrid (2332)
293 Anton (2332)
294 Helena (2326)
295 Ken (2314)
296 Kevin (2304)
297 Christel (2278)
298 Edel (2265)
299 Glenn (2241)
300 Judith (2233)

Did you know any of these Danish names?

Have you already seen which are the most common person names in Denmark? Were you surprised by any of them? It is possible that you didn't know some of these Danish names, maybe you had heard some of them in some occasion, but you didn't know that it was a Dane's name. But there is also the possibility that in the list of most popular Denmark names we do not find only typically Danish person names.

Danish names - Top 100 first names in Denmark & statistics 26 VII 2023.



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Old July 28th, 2023 #4
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The most common Danish family name surnames are patronymic and end in -sen; for example Rasmussen, originally meaning "son of Rasmus" (Rasmus' son). Descendants of Danish or Norwegian immigrants to the United States frequently have similar names ending in the suffix "-sen" or have changed the spelling to "-son". Approximately one-third of the Danish population bear one of the ten most common surnames. More than two-thirds have a patronym ending in -sen in their full name. Many of these patronymics are, however, very rare, local or testimony of unusual descent, e.g. Heilesen from Northern Jutland, Holdensen and Boldsen from the former Duchy of Schleswig or Common etymological classes of surnames are occupational (e.g., Møller—miller, Schmidt—smith, and Fisker—fisher, for example names taken after a village or farmstead inhabited by ancestors.

Other higher class people took heritable surnames during the following centuries, clergy often Latinized names (e.g. Pontoppidan made from Broby) and artisans often Germanized names. Naming acts applying to all citizens were issued 1771 (for the Duchy of Schleswig only) and in 1828. The rural population only reluctantly gave up the traditional primary patronyms. Several naming acts replaced the first; in 1856, 1904, 1961, 1981, 2005. The result of the first act was that most people took a patronymic surname as their heritable family name, with the overwhelming dominance of a few surnames as a consequence. Later acts have attempted to motivate people to change to surnames that would allow safer identification of individuals.

In the table, the top surnames in Denmark are listed as of 1971,[2] 2012[3] and 2022.[4] In 2016, longtime most popular name Jensen was overtaken by Nielsen.[5] The general tendency over the past century has been to give up the commonest names and adopt less frequently-used ones.

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Rank Surname Number of bearers 1971 Number of bearers 2012 Number of bearers 2022[6] Type Etymology

1 Nielsen 349,126 264,159 236,397 patronymic son of Niels
2 Jensen 368,631 264,824 233,713 patronymic son of Jens
3 Hansen 297,937 220,956 197,548 patronymic son of Hans
4 Andersen 188,359 161,379 150,161 patronymic son of Anders
5 Pedersen 203,426 166,417 149,643 patronymic son of Peder
6 Christensen 159,943 121,147 111,816 patronymic son of Christen
7 Larsen 148,214 118,144 107,721 patronymic son of Lars
8 Sørensen 139,111 113,207 102,848 patronymic son of Søren
9 Rasmussen 117,355 96,250 88,351 patronymic son of Rasmus
10 Jørgensen 110,132 89,846 82,285 patronymic son of Jørgen
11 Petersen 130,236 81,250 72,757 patronymic son of Peter
12 Madsen 76,441 65,222 60,676 patronymic son of Mads
13 Kristensen 58,990 61,274 57,758 patronymic son of Kristen
14 Olsen 65,194 49,091 44,629 patronymic son of Ole
15 Thomsen 40,180 39,473 38,244 patronymic son of Thomas
16 Christiansen 45,984 37,493 35,143 patronymic son of Christian
17 Poulsen 36,544 32,526 30,545 patronymic son of Poul
18 Johansen 36,470 31,517 29,866 patronymic son of Johan
19 Møller 31,645 30,321 29,481 occupational miller
20 Mortensen not in top 20 not in top 20 28,124 patronymic son of Morten


Scandinavian family name etymology 28 VII 2023.
 
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