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“foreigner”
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01 / Meaning & origin
Erlend is a masculine given name documented in Estonian, Finnish, Norwegian Nynorsk and 1 other language. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Erlendr, with the stated meaning “foreigner”.
Meaning: “foreigner”
From Old Norse Erlendr, from erlendr (“foreigner”). Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic Erlendur and Swedish and Danish Erland.
02 / Across borders
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4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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France (France métropolitaine et départements-régions d'outre-mer; avant 2012 France hors Mayotte), 1977: 5 boys (rank 2123).
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03 / By the numbers
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1945–2025 Spelling: Erlend
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 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1946 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1947 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1948 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1949 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1950 | 9 | 270 | observed |
| 1951 | 7 | 306 | observed |
| 1952 | 10 | 259 | observed |
| 1953 | 5 | 354 | observed |
| 1954 | 7 | 313 | observed |
| 1955 | 8 | 294 | observed |
| 1956 | 9 | 293 | observed |
| 1957 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1958 | 12 | 257 | observed |
| 1959 | 14 | 244 | observed |
| 1960 | 9 | 318 | observed |
| 1961 | 18 | 211 | observed |
| 1962 | 22 | 196 | observed |
| 1963 | 23 | 192 | observed |
| 1964 | 46 | 135 | observed |
| 1965 | 40 | 150 | observed |
| 1966 | 54 | 133 | observed |
| 1967 | 50 | 135 | observed |
| 1968 | 49 | 142 | observed |
| 1969 | 72 | 114 | observed |
| 1970 | 64 | 123 | observed |
| 1971 | 81 | 106 | observed |
| 1972 | 76 | 112 | observed |
| 1973 | 71 | 118 | observed |
| 1974 | 82 | 108 | observed |
| 1975 | 90 | 96 | observed |
| 1976 | 99 | 83 | observed |
| 1977 | 111 | 71 | observed |
| 1978 | 134 | 56 | observed |
| 1979 | 129 | 60 | observed |
| 1980 | 147 | 55 | observed |
| 1981 | 134 | 58 | observed |
| 1982 | 189 | 41 | observed |
| 1983 | 168 | 42 | observed |
| 1984 | 171 | 41 | observed |
| 1985 | 159 | 50 | observed |
| 1986 | 149 | 53 | observed |
| 1987 | 144 | 55 | observed |
| 1988 | 180 | 45 | observed |
| 1989 | 209 | 40 | observed |
| 1990 | 167 | 49 | observed |
| 1991 | 164 | 53 | observed |
| 1992 | 210 | 37 | observed |
| 1993 | 196 | 39 | observed |
| 1994 | 228 | 36 | observed |
| 1995 | 239 | 32 | observed |
| 1996 | 251 | 32 | observed |
| 1997 | 261 | 33 | observed |
| 1998 | 219 | 37 | observed |
| 1999 | 208 | 39 | observed |
| 2000 | 181 | 42 | observed |
| 2001 | 160 | 47 | observed |
| 2002 | 144 | 53 | observed |
| 2003 | 145 | 56 | observed |
| 2004 | 151 | 50 | observed |
| 2005 | 125 | 63 | observed |
| 2006 | 114 | 78 | observed |
| 2007 | 97 | 86 | observed |
| 2008 | 97 | 88 | observed |
| 2009 | 75 | 112 | observed |
| 2010 | 81 | 101 | observed |
| 2011 | 56 | 134 | observed |
| 2012 | 62 | 122 | observed |
| 2013 | 53 | 131 | observed |
| 2014 | 37 | 162 | observed |
| 2015 | 34 | 174 | observed |
| 2016 | 35 | 163 | observed |
| 2017 | 40 | 151 | observed |
| 2018 | 24 | 213 | observed |
| 2019 | 26 | 194 | observed |
| 2020 | 16 | 237 | observed |
| 2021 | 8 | 352 | observed |
| 2022 | 16 | 244 | observed |
| 2023 | 15 | 270 | observed |
| 2024 | 13 | 294 | observed |
| 2025 | 11 | 308 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Erlend” 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
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
ERLEND— “stranger”
ERLEND, _f._ _m._ _Nor._ Teu. stranger, 432
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.
Norwegian writer (born 1969)
Norwegian musician
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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
National Records of Scotland — Babies' First Names: all first forenames given to 3 or more babies, Scotland, 1974-2025
National Records of Scotland (NRS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · 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.
