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01 / Meaning & origin
Alv is a masculine given name documented in Norwegian Nynorsk and Norwegian. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Alfr, with the stated meaning “elf”.
Meaning: “elf”
From Old Norse Alfr, from Proto-Germanic *Albiz, and alfr (“elf, supernatural being”). Also a short form of compound names with the element, such as Toralv. Cognate with Faroese Álvur and Icelandic Álfur.
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Norway, 2012: 4 boys (rank 533). Documented as a given name in Norwegian, Norwegian Nynorsk.
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1945–2025 Spelling: Alv
Recorded category boys
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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 12 | 238 | observed |
| 1946 | 16 | 209 | observed |
| 1947 | 7 | 309 | observed |
| 1948 | 13 | 229 | observed |
| 1949 | 9 | 268 | observed |
| 1950 | 12 | 235 | observed |
| 1951 | 6 | 331 | observed |
| 1952 | 12 | 235 | observed |
| 1953 | 7 | 306 | observed |
| 1954 | 5 | 374 | observed |
| 1955 | 7 | 321 | observed |
| 1956 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1957 | 11 | 266 | observed |
| 1958 | 9 | 304 | observed |
| 1959 | 5 | 409 | observed |
| 1960 | 5 | 429 | observed |
| 1961 | 5 | 415 | observed |
| 1962 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1963 | 7 | 382 | observed |
| 1964 | 5 | 470 | observed |
| 1965 | 5 | 465 | observed |
| 1966 | 5 | 484 | observed |
| 1967 | 4 | 518 | observed |
| 1968 | 5 | 483 | observed |
| 1969 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1970 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1971 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1972 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1973 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1974 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1975 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1976 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1977 | 5 | 524 | observed |
| 1978 | 4 | 597 | observed |
| 1979 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1980 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1981 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1982 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1983 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1984 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1985 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1986 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1987 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1988 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1989 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1990 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1991 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1992 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1993 | 4 | 575 | observed |
| 1994 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1995 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1996 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1997 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1998 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1999 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2000 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2001 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2002 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2003 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2004 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2005 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2006 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2007 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2008 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2009 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2010 | 4 | 530 | observed |
| 2011 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2012 | 4 | 533 | observed |
| 2013 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2014 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2015 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2016 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2017 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “Alv” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
