Leif
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Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse Leifr (“relic", "inheritor”). Revived in the 19th century.
Proper noun[edit]
Leif
- A male given name.
References[edit]
- [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 28 018 males with the given name Leif have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
Norwegian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse Leifr. Used in Norway since the Middle Ages.
Proper noun[edit]
Leif
- A male given name.
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
- [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 14 588 males with the given name Leif living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Norwegian Leif, from Old Norse Leifr. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1852.
Proper noun[edit]
Leif
- A male given name.
References[edit]
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
- [3] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 68 292 males with the given name Leif living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
