Magnus Forename
Approximately 73,060 people bear this name
Magnus Forename Definition:
A male name. Latin magnus ‘great'. The first person to bear this name was Magnus I, King of Norway and Denmark, d. 1047, s. of St Olaf. His father was a great admirer of Charlemagne, ‘Carolus Magnus', and the child is said to have been baptized by servants who thought Magnus was a proper name.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 100% | 26,261 | 1:375 | 61 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 11,259 | 1:15,771 | 1,764 |
| Norway | 100% | 9,118 | 1:563 | 151 |
| Tanzania | 99% | 4,515 | 1:11,692 | 1,440 |
| Germany | 100% | 3,829 | 1:25,249 | 1,024 |
| Denmark | - | 3,107 | 1:1,818 | 304 |
| Ghana | 100% | 2,528 | 1:10,675 | 1,019 |
| Brazil | 100% | 2,014 | 1:106,373 | 5,779 |
| United States | 100% | 1,896 | 1:191,211 | 6,920 |
| Finland | 100% | 1,172 | 1:4,678 | 562 |
| England | 100% | 1,104 | 1:50,365 | 2,380 |
| Scotland | 100% | 579 | 1:9,241 | 666 |
| South Africa | 98% | 463 | 1:117,781 | 9,034 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 448 | 1:48,238 | 3,191 |
| Estonia | 100% | 391 | 1:3,364 | 589 |
| Canada | 100% | 345 | 1:96,039 | 4,962 |
| Thailand | 100% | 343 | 1:204,274 | 13,361 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 324 | 1:25,350 | 1,589 |
| Jamaica | - | 314 | 1:9,182 | 1,092 |
| Poland | 100% | 283 | 1:134,371 | 2,707 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 263 | 1:187 | 13 |
| Iceland | 100% | 233 | 1:1,571 | 295 |
| Namibia | - | 213 | 1:11,287 | 1,313 |
| Liberia | 99% | 186 | 1:23,721 | 1,581 |
| Australia | - | 151 | 1:90,448 | 3,395 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 131 | 1:129,024 | 5,948 |
| Austria | 100% | 107 | 1:79,572 | 1,894 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 87 | 1:2,965,100 | 136,611 |
| France | 100% | 81 | 1:820,621 | 7,027 |
| India | 100% | 73 | 1:16,642,164 | 419,050 |
| Zimbabwe | 91% | 71 | 1:217,237 | 12,742 |
| Belgium | 100% | 69 | 1:166,522 | 4,472 |
| China | - | 60 | 1:22,767,596 | 60,539 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 59 | 1:121,220 | 8,743 |
| New Zealand | - | 55 | 1:82,474 | 3,753 |
| Philippines | 100% | 47 | 1:2,255,521 | 48,741 |
| Spain | 100% | 44 | 1:1,057,499 | 8,917 |
| Russia | 100% | 43 | 1:3,354,272 | 18,852 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 40 | 1:14,101 | 1,005 |
| Japan | - | 39 | 1:3,281,694 | 23,770 |
| Portugal | - | 37 | 1:281,375 | 5,179 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 33 | 1:922,725 | 33,409 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 32 | 1:42,544 | 4,004 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 31 | 1:336,493 | 11,264 |
| Singapore | - | 29 | 1:216,795 | 8,671 |
| Ireland | 100% | 28 | 1:165,840 | 3,486 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 27 | 1:2,734,356 | 59,996 |
| Guyana | 100% | 27 | 1:28,269 | 3,143 |
| Hong Kong | - | 27 | 1:287,138 | 3,601 |
| Greece | 100% | 26 | 1:420,560 | 6,142 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 25 | 1:283,547 | 466 |
| Malta | - | 23 | 1:18,668 | 1,434 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 22 | 1:8,082 | 1,192 |
| Wales | 100% | 18 | 1:171,906 | 3,302 |
| Angola | - | 16 | 1:1,685,413 | 2,877 |
| Chile | 88% | 16 | 1:1,100,450 | 9,633 |
| Grenada | 100% | 16 | 1:6,758 | 1,006 |
| Rwanda | - | 16 | 1:710,715 | 1,599 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| Gibraltar | - | 14 | 1:2,438 | 470 |
| Mexico | 100% | 13 | 1:9,549,571 | 29,766 |
| Italy | 100% | 12 | 1:5,088,508 | 23,387 |
| Kenya | - | 11 | 1:4,209,737 | 24,377 |
| Argentina | 100% | 10 | 1:4,277,324 | 11,519 |
| Greenland | - | 10 | 1:5,637 | 682 |
| Zambia | - | 10 | 1:1,585,479 | 18,518 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 9 | 1:3,423,618 | 14,711 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 7 | 1:4,660,502 | 27,414 |
| Ecuador | - | 7 | 1:2,532,417 | 12,755 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 7 | 1:5,408 | 486 |
| Israel | 100% | 6 | 1:1,400,486 | 16,782 |
| Monaco | 100% | 6 | 1:6,411 | 917 |
| Peru | 100% | 6 | 1:5,298,576 | 37,737 |
| Belarus | 100% | 5 | 1:1,896,477 | 8,406 |
| Colombia | - | 5 | 1:9,555,785 | 40,229 |
| Haiti | - | 5 | 1:2,145,391 | 20,367 |
| Uganda | 100% | 5 | 1:8,191,384 | 58,906 |
| Burundi | 100% | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| Congo | 100% | 4 | 1:1,252,301 | 19,043 |
| Czechia | 100% | 4 | 1:2,664,040 | 5,608 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| New Caledonia | - | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 4 | 1:27,895 | 3,010 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 4 | 1:5,942,420 | 87,370 |
| Uruguay | - | 4 | 1:856,909 | 8,493 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 3 | 1:1,589,316 | 14,648 |
| Hungary | 84% | 3 | 1:3,263,924 | 4,413 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Latvia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 2 | 1:3,009,168 | 24,322 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Panama | - | 2 | 1:1,953,278 | 31,007 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Slovenia | - | 2 | 1:1,229,379 | 6,326 |
| Venezuela | - | 2 | 1:15,100,946 | 147,145 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Paraguay | - | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
The alternate forms: Magnús (2,472), Mágnus (2) & Mägnüs (1) are calculated separately.
Magnus (14,863) may also be a surname.
Magnus Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Latin magnus ‘great'. The first person to bear this name was Magnus I, King of Norway and Denmark, d. 1047, s. of St Olaf. His father was a great admirer of Charlemagne, ‘Carolus Magnus', and the child is said to have been baptized by servants who thought Magnus was a proper name. It was subsequently borne by many kings of Norway and Denmark and became a popular name in those countries, whence it was introduced into Shetland, Scotland, and Ireland. C. W. Bardsley, Dictionary of English and WelshSurnames (pub. 1901) says that at the time of his writing Magnus was the tenth most frequent name in Shetland, where Magnus, Magnusson, Manson are common surnames. The Irish form of the name is Manus (cf. the surname Macmanus).
Magnus Cut 1200, 1207.
This Christian name was a personal name borne by many Scandinavian monarchs. Some derive it from the Latin magnus, great; but it would seem to be from that of Charlemagne, whose name in Icelandic is found written Karla-magnús. By the bye, Charlemagne is a corruption of Karlmann, signifying ‘strong man.’ Conf. Cleasby’s Icelandic Dictionary, quoting Vigfusson, and Olaf’s Saga Helga, ch. iii.
Latin (masculine) - Great.
A Greek name, meaning: Great.
A Gaelic name: Manus, Mànus, Middle Gaelic Magnus, Manuis, g. (1467 MS.), Irish Maghnus, Norse Magnúss, from Latin magnus, in the name of Charlemagne - Carolus Magnus.
Magnus Forename Popularity
Magnus Demographics
Average Male Magnus Height
177.86 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Magnus Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Magnus in the Russian language | ||
| Магнус | magnus | - |
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