Trond (name)

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Trond Given Name
Gender	Male
Meaning	"To grow and thrive", Trønder
Language of Origin	[[ Norway (Trond) Faroe Islands (Tróndur) language\| Norway (Trond) Faroe Islands (Tróndur)]]
Alternative spelling	Tron, Tronn, Thron, Thrond
Related names	Tronda (female)
Name day	21. september
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Trond

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Trond (Tronn, Tron, Tronne, Tronnis) is a predominantly Norwegian name though it has appeared sporadically where Norwegians has setteled elsewere in the world. The base of the name, Tron'r (Þróndr or Þrándr), comes form the Old Norse language and literally means "to grow and thrive" (þroásk). 17785 people in Norway has Trond as their first name, making it the 23th most used name (2008). The name is also connected to one of the largest subgroups of norwegians the Trønders of Trøndelag, a large percentage of Norwegians and Swedes have trøndersk ancestry. The trønders were a people who for the most part lived in the middle of the Scandinavian peninsula, and have spread from there, but now only genetic tests can determine if one is of a Scandinavian subgroup since they all have melted in to the larger Norwegians, Scandinavians, and Sami.

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Tronne was the name of the Trollking/Mountain kin g of Dovre, who is known elswere in the world from Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt, from the scene of Dovregubbens hall, he is also the inspiration forEdvard Grieg's known piece In the hall of the mountain king.