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Preben

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Danish

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Etymology

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Contraction of Pridbjørn, a medieval Danish rendering of the Wend name Pritbor, from Slavic elements meaning "first" and "battle".

Proper noun

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Preben

  1. a male given name

References

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  • [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 24 659 males with the given name Preben have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Norwegian

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Proper noun

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Preben

  1. a male given name borrowed from Danish Preben
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