Baby Name: Lukas

According to Statistics Faroe Islands, the most popular baby names in the Faroe Islands (part of Denmark) were Anna/Olivia and Benjamin/Elias/Lukas last year.

Here are the Faroe Islands’ top 10+ girl names and top 10+ boy names of 2020:

Girl Names

1. Anna, 6 baby girls (two-way tie)
2. Olivia, 6 (two-way tie)
3. Emma, 5 (six-way tie)
4. Hanna, 5 (six-way tie)
5. Lilja, 5 (six-way tie)
6. Ronja, 5 (six-way tie)
7. Tóra, 5 (six-way tie)
8. Vár, 5 (six-way tie)
9. Aria, 4 (seven-way tie)
10. Bára, 4 (seven-way tie)
11. Eir, 4 (seven-way tie)
12. Eva, 4 (seven-way tie)
13. Lív, 4 (seven-way tie)
14. Lóa, 4 (seven-way tie)
15. Rebekka, 4 (seven-way tie)

Boy Names

1. Benjamin, 8 baby boys (three-way tie)
2. Elias, 8 (three-way tie)
3. Lukas, 8 (three-way tie)
4. Jóhan, 7
5. Levi, 6 (two-way tie)
6. Øssur, 6 (two-way tie)
7. Brandur, 5 (five-way tie)
8. Hákun, 5 (five-way tie)
9. Mattias, 5 (five-way tie)
10. Poul, 5 (five-way tie)
11. Teitur, 5 (five-way tie)
    • Based on an Old Norse word meaning “cheerful, merry.”

Some of the other baby names bestowed in the Faroe Islands in 2020 include…

• Aðallín (1 girl), made up of two Old Norse elements: adal, “noble,” and lín, “flax, linen.”
• Børka (1 girl), from the Faroese word børkuvísa, which refers to the tormentil flower.
• Eik (1 girl), from the Old Norse word eik, meaning “oak.”
• Eindri (1 boy), made up of two Old Norse elements: einn, meaning “one, alone,” and either ríða, meaning “to ride,” or reiða, meaning “to swing (a sword).”
• Grímur (1 boy), from an Old Norse word meaning “mask, helmet.”
• Munin (1 boy), from the Old Norse word munr, meaning “thought, mind, will.” (Also a raven name!)
• Ørvar (2 boys), from the Old Norse word orvar, meaning “arrow.”
• Rúnar (3 boys) could be a modern creation based on the Old Norse words rún meaning “secret, secret lore” and herr, meaning “army.”
• Sigurrós (1 girl), made up of two Old Norse elements: sigr, meaning “victory,” and rós meaning “rose.” (The Icelandic band Sigur Rós was named after the lead singer’s little sister.)
• Vilja (1 girl) has several potential origins, including the Finnish word vilja, meaning “grain, cereal.”

In 2019, the top two names in the Faroe Islands were Anna and Jónas.

Sources: Statistical Database – Statbank, Nordic Names Wiki

Image: Adapted from Flag of the Faroe Islands (public domain)