Preben
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Contraction of Pridbjørn, a medieval Danish rendering of the Wend name Pritbor, from Slavic elements meaning "first" and "battle".
Proper noun edit
Preben
- a male given name
References edit
- [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 24 659 males with the given name Preben have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
Norwegian edit
Proper noun edit
Preben
- a male given name borrowed from Danish Preben