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“Thor's spear”
Language contexts for this entry: Danish, Norwegian Nynorsk, Norwegian
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01 / Meaning & origin
Tarjei is a masculine given name documented in Danish, Norwegian Nynorsk and Norwegian. English Wikipedia gives the meaning “Thor's spear”.
Meaning: “Thor's spear”
No etymology text in the cited sources.
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a male given name from Old Norse, variant of Torgeir and Targeir
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Norway, 2025: 13 boys (rank 292). Documented as a given name in Norwegian, Norwegian Nynorsk.
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03 / By the numbers
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1945–2025 Spelling: Tarjei
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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 | 5 | 348 | observed |
| 1948 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1949 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1950 | 5 | 342 | observed |
| 1951 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1952 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1953 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1954 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1955 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1956 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1957 | 4 | 420 | observed |
| 1958 | 5 | 404 | observed |
| 1959 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1960 | 6 | 394 | observed |
| 1961 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1962 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1963 | 7 | 382 | observed |
| 1964 | 10 | 331 | observed |
| 1965 | 6 | 429 | observed |
| 1966 | 4 | 515 | observed |
| 1967 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1968 | 7 | 419 | observed |
| 1969 | 6 | 464 | observed |
| 1970 | 12 | 326 | observed |
| 1971 | 13 | 317 | observed |
| 1972 | 11 | 360 | observed |
| 1973 | 14 | 309 | observed |
| 1974 | 16 | 279 | observed |
| 1975 | 13 | 315 | observed |
| 1976 | 20 | 243 | observed |
| 1977 | 26 | 213 | observed |
| 1978 | 14 | 308 | observed |
| 1979 | 17 | 273 | observed |
| 1980 | 20 | 258 | observed |
| 1981 | 17 | 277 | observed |
| 1982 | 20 | 257 | observed |
| 1983 | 20 | 260 | observed |
| 1984 | 10 | 395 | observed |
| 1985 | 13 | 341 | observed |
| 1986 | 22 | 250 | observed |
| 1987 | 15 | 302 | observed |
| 1988 | 14 | 319 | observed |
| 1989 | 16 | 291 | observed |
| 1990 | 35 | 184 | observed |
| 1991 | 24 | 236 | observed |
| 1992 | 34 | 189 | observed |
| 1993 | 24 | 239 | observed |
| 1994 | 25 | 227 | observed |
| 1995 | 20 | 241 | observed |
| 1996 | 22 | 232 | observed |
| 1997 | 21 | 233 | observed |
| 1998 | 26 | 196 | observed |
| 1999 | 23 | 219 | observed |
| 2000 | 15 | 283 | observed |
| 2001 | 20 | 240 | observed |
| 2002 | 15 | 263 | observed |
| 2003 | 10 | 347 | observed |
| 2004 | 14 | 277 | observed |
| 2005 | 20 | 228 | observed |
| 2006 | 16 | 269 | observed |
| 2007 | 14 | 292 | observed |
| 2008 | 14 | 303 | observed |
| 2009 | 16 | 287 | observed |
| 2010 | 17 | 267 | observed |
| 2011 | 22 | 227 | observed |
| 2012 | 26 | 205 | observed |
| 2013 | 21 | 236 | observed |
| 2014 | 14 | 303 | observed |
| 2015 | 16 | 281 | observed |
| 2016 | 23 | 227 | observed |
| 2017 | 21 | 229 | observed |
| 2018 | 11 | 324 | observed |
| 2019 | 14 | 291 | observed |
| 2020 | 16 | 237 | observed |
| 2021 | 21 | 205 | observed |
| 2022 | 14 | 272 | observed |
| 2023 | 16 | 258 | observed |
| 2024 | 12 | 306 | observed |
| 2025 | 13 | 292 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Tarjei” 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 2026-10-17.
Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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