According to Statistics Faroe Islands, the most popular baby names last year in the Faroe Islands — the North Atlantic archipelago that belongs to Denmark — were Anna and Jónas.
Here are the Faroe Islands’ top 10+ girl names and top 10+ boy names of 2019:
Girl names
- Anna, 9 baby girls
- Eva, 7 (two-way tie)
- Lea, 7 (two-way tie)
- Maria, 6 (three-way tie)
- Mia, 6 (three-way tie)
- Vón, 6 (three-way tie)
- Based on an Old Norse word meaning “hope.”
- Alda, 5 (three-way tie)
- Elsa, 5 (three-way tie)
- Olivia, 5 (three-way tie)
- Emma, 4 (three-way tie)
- Liva, 4 (three-way tie)
- Rósa, 4 (three-way tie)
Boy names
- Jónas, 9 baby boys
- Óðin, 8
- Benjamin, 6 (three-way tie)
- Magnus, 6 (three-way tie)
- Rókur, 6 (three-way tie)
- Based on an Old Norse name meaning “crow, rook.”
- Adrian, 5 (four-way tie)
- Baldur, 5 (four-way tie)
- Boas, 5 (four-way tie)
- Jósef, 5 (four-way tie)
- Ari, 4 (eleven-way tie)
- Bragi, 4 (eleven-way tie)
- Based on an Old Norse word meaning “the best, foremost” or “poetry.” Also the Norse god of poetry.
- Dávid, 4 (eleven-way tie)
- Hugin, 4 (eleven-way tie)
- Based on an Old Norse word meaning “mind, spirit, thought.”
- Jákup, 4 (eleven-way tie)
- Jóhan, 4 (eleven-way tie)
- Jón, 4 (eleven-way tie)
- Markus, 4 (eleven-way tie)
- Milan, 4 (eleven-way tie)
- Nóa, 4 (eleven-way tie)
- Villiam, 4 (eleven-way tie)
Some of the other baby names bestowed in the Faroe Islands in 2019 include…
- Brima (f) “surf, surge” in Old Norse
- Døgg (f) “dew”
- Glóa (f) “to glow, to shine, to glitter”
- Gylta (f) “young sow”
- Gylvi (m) “roaring sea, heavy sea”
- Hjalti (m) “man from Hjaltland“
- Tjálvi (m) “one who encompasses, keeps together”
- Treysti (m) “trusty”
- Ýr (f) “yew tree, bow”
P.S. Denmark has a total of two overseas territories: the Faroe Islands and Greenland.
Sources: Statistics Faroe Islands (via Reddit), Faroe Islands – Wikipedia, Nordic Names
Image: Adapted from Flag of the Faroe Islands (public domain)
