Popular Baby Names in Greenland




Top Baby Names in Greenland, 1960s

1. Ane
2. Marie
3. Karen
4. Sofie
5. Johanne
6. Kristine
7. Margrethe
8. Dorthe
9. Else
10. Anna
1. Hans
2. Jens
3. Karl
4. Lars
5. Peter
6. Niels
7. Ole
8. Kristian
9. Jørgen
10. Johan

Top Baby Names in Greenland, 1970s

1. Ane
2. Karen
3. Marie
4. Dorthe
5. Johanne
6. Mette
7. Naja*
8. Susanne
9. Anna
10. Sofie
1. Hans
2. Karl
3. Jens
4. Peter
5. Lars
6. Niels
7. Thomas
8. Jakob
9. Martin
10. Knud


Top Baby Names in Greenland, 1980s

1. Ane
2. Johanne
3. Marie
4. Karen
5. Paninnguaq*
6. Sofie
7. Louise
8. Anna
9. Nivi*
10. Naja
1. Hans
2. Karl
3. Jens
4. Malik*
5. Peter
6. Lars
7. Kristian
8. Ole
9. Thomas
10. Niels


Top Baby Names in Greenland, 1990s

1. Paninnguaq
2. Ane
3. Nivi
4. Naja
5. Ivalu*
6. Pipaluk*
7. Sofie
8. Sara
9. Marie
10. Camilla
1. Malik
2. Hans
3. Karl
4. Jens
5. Peter
6. Kristian
7. Lars
8. Aputsiaq*
9. Inunnguaq*
10. Nuka*


Top Baby Names in Greenland, 2000s (first decade)

1. Ivaana*
2. Pipaluk
3. Nivi
4. Paninnguaq
5. Ivalu
6. Naasunnguaq*
7. Julie
8. Ane
9. Isabella
10. Kimmernaq*
1. Malik
2. Aputsiaq
3. Minik*
4. Hans
5. Inunnguaq
6. Kristian
7. Nuka
8. Salik*
9. Peter
10. Inuk* and Ivik* (tied)







3 thoughts on “Popular Baby Names in Greenland

  1. What I find most interesting with the decades, is that at first they are very Scandinavian names, Norway and Denmark mostly. Folk from Denmark can understand Greenlandic rather easily (I really, really tried to learn. I mean I speak Norwegian and Icelandic, how hard could Greenlandic be? Impossible!! LOL)

    Then the names for one decade are more Anglo/Christian, then take a hard left to native names of the Inuit (all three groupings from each part of the island) but still some Danish names.
    I have my theories on why the change and good for them if it is true.

    My favorite name Nivi-maiden. (I’m going to assume it is pronounced Nee-vee)

    I love the name Flicka and Jenta, which are Swedish and Norwegian for maiden. I have been trying for a while now to come up with a little known pet name for a little girl, that a grandfather or uncles might call a granddaughter or nieces. Nivi, is THAT name!

    I can’t thank you enough for the hard work and time ,plus I can only imagine the effort you give to this. I am a lover of languages (a language nerd LOL) So naturally the evolutions of names fascinates me as other culture influence the native cultures as well as in every age, famous people. My son’s middle name Erik, if from Erik the Red (family says we are related, I’ll believe it when I see it on Ancestry LOL)

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