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Frithjof

“peace + thief”

masculineLatin script

No sourced pronunciation yet

Origin: Old Norse
3 language contexts: French Danish Norwegian
Follow the evidence: 7 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Frithjof

Frithjof is a masculine given name documented in French, Danish and Norwegian. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Friðþjófr. English Wikipedia gives the components peace + thief.

Old Norse origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “peace + thief”

From Old Norse Friðþjófr. Appears in Old Norse saga and was revived through 19th century literature. Cognate with Norwegian Fridtjof and Swedish Fritiof.

Sources for this account (5)

Wiktionary: FrithjofCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: FrithjofCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: FrithjofCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: FrithjofCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: FritiofCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

02 / Across borders

Where Frithjof is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

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Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Frithjof’s connections around the world.

1 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

France

Language records

Documented as a given name in French.

Explore France

4 of 6 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Norway

1945–2025 Spelling: Frithjof

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2004: 7; births; Rank #390
Peak year: 1946; 12 births

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

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.

Show the data table

Frithjof in Norway, boys: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
1945	7	292	observed
1946	12	243	observed
1947	5	348	observed
1948	6	320	observed
1949	4	366	observed
1950	8	287	observed
1951	5	349	observed
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	4	384	observed
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	4	547	observed
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	4	573	observed
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	no value	no value	not covered
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
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	4	609	observed
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	no value	no value	not covered
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	4	539	observed
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	7	390	observed
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	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
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

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Frithjof” 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.

Universe: Born persons for the individual girls' and boys' names published in SSB table 10467.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: SSB API: '.' means category not applicable; '..' means data not available. Null cells are not emitted and remain unknown, never zero.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Frithjof Schuon
1907–1998
Swiss philosopher, poet and painter (1907-1998)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Frithjof Ulleberg
1911–1993
Norwegian footballer (1911-1993)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Frithjof Sælen
1892–1975
gymnast
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Frithjof with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7

Wikidata Q19688432CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: FrithjofCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: FrithjofCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: FrithjofCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: FrithjofCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: FritiofCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: FrithiofCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates1

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.

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About Frithjof

Frithjof is a masculine given name documented in French, Danish and Norwegian. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Friðþjófr. English Wikipedia gives the components peace + thief.

Old Norse origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “peace + thief”

From Old Norse Friðþjófr. Appears in Old Norse saga and was revived through 19th century literature. Cognate with Norwegian Fridtjof and Swedish Fritiof.

Sources for this account (5)

Wiktionary: FrithjofCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: FrithjofCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: FrithjofCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: FrithjofCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: FritiofCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Where Frithjof is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Frithjof’s connections around the world.

1 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

France

Language records

Documented as a given name in French.

Explore France

4 of 6 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Norway

1945–2025 Spelling: Frithjof

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2004: 7; births; Rank #390
Peak year: 1946; 12 births

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

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.

Show the data table

Frithjof in Norway, boys: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
1945	7	292	observed
1946	12	243	observed
1947	5	348	observed
1948	6	320	observed
1949	4	366	observed
1950	8	287	observed
1951	5	349	observed
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	4	384	observed
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	4	547	observed
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	4	573	observed
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	no value	no value	not covered
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
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	4	609	observed
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	no value	no value	not covered
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	4	539	observed
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	7	390	observed
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	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
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

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Born persons for the individual girls' and boys' names published in SSB table 10467.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: SSB API: '.' means category not applicable; '..' means data not available. Null cells are not emitted and remain unknown, never zero.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0

Read our methodology

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Frithjof Schuon
1907–1998
Swiss philosopher, poet and painter (1907-1998)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Frithjof Ulleberg
1911–1993
Norwegian footballer (1911-1993)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Frithjof Sælen
1892–1975
gymnast
Wikipedia Wikidata source

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7

Wikidata Q19688432CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: FrithjofCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: FrithjofCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: FrithjofCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: FrithjofCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: FritiofCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: FrithiofCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates1

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.

A story to pass on.

About Frithjof

Old Norse origin

Where Frithjof is used

Across borders

France

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Notable bearers

Frithjof Schuon

Frithjof Ulleberg

Frithjof Sælen

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Frithjof

Old Norse origin

Where Frithjof is used

Across borders

France

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Notable bearers

Frithjof Schuon

Frithjof Ulleberg

Frithjof Sælen

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page