- Yngve
Infobox Given name 2
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meaning = lord
region =Sweden ,Norway
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origin = Scandinavian
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related names =Yngvi
name day =February 11 (Sweden)
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footnotes =Yngve is a
Scandinavia nmale given name , mostly used inSweden andNorway . It comes fromYngvi inScandinavian mythology .The name is most common among Swedish men over the age of 50, and occurs almost exclusively as a
middle name among the youngest. Due to itsViking origins, the name was very popular during the 19th century and thenational romantic era.As of
31 December 2005 there are a total of 18578 Swedes with the name, of which 4756 use it as their main first name. [ [http://www.scb.se/templates/Standard____31246.asp Search engine for names] in theStatistics Sweden database.] As of1 January 2006 there are 2370Norwegians with Yngve as their first name, 1924 of whom use it as their only first name. [ [http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/00/navn_en/ Search engine for names] in theStatistics Norway database.] InFinland there are 1046 people named Yngve. [ [https://192.49.222.187/Nimipalvelu/default.asp?L=1 Search engine for names] in the Population Register Centre.]Its
namesday in theSwedish name day list of 2001 is11 February .Famous people
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Victor Yngve , pioneering computational linguist.
*Yngwie Malmsteen , musician.
*Yngve Gamlin , film director.
*Yngve Hågensen , political consultant.Historical
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Yngve Brilioth , formerArchbishop of Uppsala .ee also
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