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Edle vs Signy

Edle and Signycompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.

Head to head

Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.

  • Norway · Girls

    In 1975, Edle was ranked #460 and Signy #622 among girls in Norway.

Edle and Signy over time

Edle and Signy appear together in 1 published list, across 20 years of shared records. Signy held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Edle in 0.

The order between them changed and held in one of those lists — a change in that published list, never a claim that one name displaced the other.

Edle reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Signy in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.

Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.

List by list

  • Norway · Girls20 shared years, 19451975

    Edle held the stronger position in 3 of those years, Signy in 17.

    Highest recorded here: Edle #209 in 1945, Signy #170 in 1948.

    The order changed in 1975: Edle moved ahead. In 1974 they stood at #588 and #572; by 1975 that had become #460 and #622.

    Most recent shared year, 1975: Edle #460, Signy #622.

Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.

Side by side

Side-by-side comparison of Edle, Signy
FieldEdleSigny
Record typeOfficial statistical record (evidence-only)Official statistical record (evidence-only)
Gender usagefemalefemale
MeaningNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
OriginNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
PronunciationNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Syllables22
Common variants / nicknamesNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Recorded regional usageNONO
Most recent popularity observationNorway · Girls #551 (2016)Norway · Girls #526 (2025)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)Not yet recordedNot yet recorded
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)95/10094/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)40/10040/100
Data Confidencemediummedium

What the data shows

  • Edle and Signy both have 2 syllables.
  • Both names have recorded usage in NO.

How each name got here

Edle

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1945

    First recorded at #209 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1945–2016

    Highest recorded position: #209 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2016).

    Norway · Girls

  3. Most recent2016

    Most recently recorded at #551 among girls in Norway, in 2016.

    Norway · Girls

Signy

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1945

    First recorded at #208 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1945–2025

    Highest recorded position: #170 among girls in Norway, in 1948 (recorded 1945–2025).

    Norway · Girls

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #526 among girls in Norway, in 2025.

    Norway · Girls