Gintare vs Torunn
Gintare and Torunncompared 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 1999, Gintare was ranked #613 and Torunn #445 among girls in Norway.
Gintare and Torunn over time
Gintare and Torunn appear together in 1 published list, across 21 years of shared records. Torunn held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Gintare in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Torunn reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Gintare 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.
How this pair is related
The relationship kinds these two qualify for, each under its own stated rule. Every one is drawn from a list they both appear in.
- Repeatedly exchanged positions
Gintare and Torunn changed places 4 times in Norway · Girls between 1979 and 1999, ending at #613 and #445.
List by list
Norway · Girls21 shared years, 1979–1999
Gintare held the stronger position in 2 of those years, Torunn in 19.
Highest recorded here: Gintare #265 in 1988, Torunn #123 in 1981.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1999: Gintare #613, Torunn #445.
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
| Field | Gintare | Torunn |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | female | female |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 3 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | England and Wales · Girls #5742 (2013) | Norway · Girls #619 (2008) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 82/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 60/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Gintare has 3 syllables, compared with 2 for Torunn.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Gintare
Popularity journey
First recorded1979
First recorded at #626 among girls in Norway in 1979 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1979–1999
Highest recorded position: #265 among girls in Norway, in 1988 (recorded 1979–1999).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2013
Most recently recorded at #5742 among girls in England and Wales, in 2013.
England and Wales · Girls
Torunn
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #61 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2008
Highest recorded position: #47 among girls in Norway, in 1947 (recorded 1945–2008).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2008
Most recently recorded at #619 among girls in Norway, in 2008.
Norway · Girls