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Norwegian male names 1800s. A term used for divine cauldron. Thats because before 1923 the most common last names in Norway ended in -son -sen -dotter or -datter which mean son of or daughter of and changed with each generation. Statistisk Sentralbyrå National statistics office of Norway 1993.

From 1880 to 1920 Anna was the dominant female name while Ole and Johan were the most common male names in Norway. Lewis is the English spelling Louis is the French. Statistisk Sentralbyrå National statistics office of Norway 1991.

In 2009 the most common Norwegian names were Mathias and Sara. Often the vicars who wrote names in church registers would spell differently and they would also at least in the 1700s be Danish or at least be educated there. Names in bold occurred at least 20 000 times in the 2008 population.

Each name is provided with a short note as for its origin and meaning ON. Norway is called the Land of the Midnight Sun. Norsk Personnamnleksikon 1992 source.

Ings army Ing being an early name for Frey later just synonymous with fame or glory Inghram Ingram. So Carl Johanssen is Carl son or Johan. The different spellings are due to the non-consistent spelling rules in Norway in the 1700s and 1800s.

Names in italics never reached the one percent mark but occurred at least 10 000 times in the. The list is divided into top 50 male names and top 50 female names giving the top 100 popular names in Norway for the last 130 yerars. The number to the left of the names shows the relative popularity.