Eldbjørg

Faroese

Proper noun

Eldbjørg f

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Eldbjørg: Eldbjargarson
• daughter of Eldbjørg: Eldbjargardóttir

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Eldbjørg
accusative	Eldbjørg
dative	Eldbjørg
genitive	Eldbjargar

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Newer combination of eld (“fire”) +‎ bjørg (“salvation, help”). Cognate with Faroese Eldbjørg, and Icelandic and Swedish Eldbjörg.

Also a dialectal (Halvemål) variant of Hallbjørg, from Old Norse Hallbjǫrg, from hallr (“stone”) +‎ bjǫrg (“salvation”).

Proper noun

Eldbjørg f (definite Eldbjørga)

1. a female given name from Old Norse

Derived terms

• eldbjørgdagen

References

• Eivind Vågslid (1988) “Eldbjørg”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN
• Kristoffer Kruken, Ola Stemshaug (1995) Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 1 418 females with the given name Eldbjørg living in Norway on January 1st 2023, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on 30th March, 2023.