Elin

elin Elín elin- Danish Etymology Medieval variant of Helene (Helen), comparable to English Ellen. Proper noun da female Faroese Etymology Ultimately from fo grc Ἑλένη. Proper noun fo proper noun f fo female Usage notes f Elinarson Elinardóttir Declension Elin Elina Elini Elinar Derived terms fo Elinborg Norwegian Etymology Medieval variant of no Helene Helen, comparable to English Ellen. First recorded in Norway ca. 1300. Proper noun no proper noun no female References Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, 82-521-4483-7 Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 14 644 females with the given name Elin living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011. Swedish Etymology Medieval vernacular form of sv Helena (originally pronounced without the h in Swedish). First recorded in Sweden in the 14th century. Comparable to English Ellen. Pronunciation sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Elin.wav Proper noun c sv female References Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0 Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 9119551622: 58 582 females with the given name Elin living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with frequency peaks in the 19th century and in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011. Anagrams sv eiln ilen lien