Most common male names in Denmark 2024

As of January 2023, there were approximately 2.9 million men living in Denmark. Among these, roughly 47,000 men had the name Peter. It is also found in the variants Petar, Peder, and Petter. Peter was the most common male name in the country, while Michael and Lars came in second and third place.  Female names  The number of women in Denmark in 2023 amounted to approximately 2.98 million. The most common name was Anne. In this year, around 44,100 women bore the name. It originally derived from the name Hannah. In the ranking, it was followed by the names Mette and Kirsten. Danish surnames Most surnames in Denmark were created by using the patronymic tradition until hereditary surnames became mandatory in the 1820s. This was a common tradition in some of the Nordic countries. For Danish surnames, it meant to have the suffix -sen (son) or -datter (daughter) added to the father’s name. Due to the German influence, other names occurred for example from an occupation such as Møller (the operator of the mill), which was a common tradition for creating surnames in Germany. As of January 2023, Nielsen and Jensen were the most common Danish surnames.

截至2023年1月，丹麦境内居住着约290万男性。其中，约4.7万名男性名为彼得。此名亦见于Petar、Peder和Petter等变体。彼得为国中最常见的男性名字，其次为迈克尔和拉斯，分别位列第二和第三。就女性名字而言，2023年丹麦女性总数约为298万。最常见的名字为安妮，当年约有44,100名女性使用此名。其名源起于Hannah。在排名中，其后依次为Mette和Kirsten。至于丹麦的姓氏，大多数姓氏均源于父系传统，直至19世纪20年代世袭姓氏成为强制要求。此为北欧国家中的一种普遍传统。对丹麦而言，这意味着在父名后加上-sen（儿子）或-datter（女儿）作为后缀。由于德国的影响，其他姓氏，例如Møller（磨坊主）也出现了，这在德国创造姓氏的传统中亦属常见。截至2023年1月，Nielsen和Jensen为最常见的丹麦姓氏。