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Arild
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Norwegian
Etymology
A Norwegian 15th century variant of no Harald. Also a no da - variant of the de Arnold.
Proper noun
no proper noun
no male
References
Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, 82-521-4483-7
Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 10 640 males with the given name Arild living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1950s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.
Swedish
Alternative forms
Swedish locality sv Her Artiz leye Arids Leye Arilds Läye Herr Arilds Läger Arillsläge Arveds leje Arels lee Arels läje Arildsläge 1677 1698 1700s 1751 1754 1900s 1917
Etymology
Name sense: Ultimately genitive form of sv Arvid, later transformed.
Locality sense: Ultimately named after Arild (helgon) Saint Arild sv. First known as sv da Hellij Aruitz leije Holy Arild's Fishing Village in 1524, and sv da hellige Arrildz leye in 1556.
Up to late 19th century locally known as sv Arildsläge; sv Arilds läge Arild's fishing village 1 1, or shortened to sv Läget the fishing village. During late 19th century officially named sv Arild.Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), pages 24–25, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages
Proper noun
c
sv male
sv village in par/Brunnby mun:suf/Höganäs co:suf/Skåne c/Sweden
Statistics
According to the Swedish Tax Agency's 2023 registry, the given name Arild belong to 611 individuals in Sweden.
References