Rasmus (given name)
Rasmus is a shortened form of "Erasmus", a name which means "beloved" and was the name of Desiderius Erasmus, a well-known saint. As a male first name it is most common in Scandinavia.[1]
People with the given name Rasmus include:
- Rasmus B. Anderson (1846–1936), American author, professor, and diplomat
- Rasmus Bille Bahncke, Danish songwriter, record producer and musician
- Rasmus Bartholin (1625-1698) (Latinized Erasmus Bartholinus), Danish scientist and physician
- Rasmus Bengtsson, Swedish football player
- Rasmus Bengtsson (ice hockey), Swedish ice hockey player
- Rasmus Bjerg, Danish actor.
- Rasmus Christensen, (born 1991), Danish football player
- Rasmus Christiansen (actor), Danish actor
- Rasmus Christiansen (footballer born 1989), Danish soccer player
- Rasmus Daugaard, Danish football player
- Rasmus Edstrom, Swedish ice hockey player
- Rasmus Elm, Swedish football player
- Rasmus Faber, Swedish music artist
- Rasmus Fleischer, Swedish historian, musician, freelance journalist
- Rasmus Hansen (footballer born 1979), Danish football player
- Rasmus Hansen (gymnast) (1885–1967), Danish gymnast
- Rasmus Hansen (politician) (1797–1860s), Norwegian jurist and politician
- Rasmus Hardiker, English actor
- Rasmus Grønborg Hansen, Danish football player
- Rasmus Quist Hansen, Danish rower
- Rasmus Harboe (1868–1952), Danish sculptor
- Rasmus Henning, Danish triathlon athlete
- Rasmus Falk, Danish footballer
- Rasmus Festersen, Danish football player
- Rasmus Flo (1851–1905), Norwegian teacher, philologist, magazine editor, translator and proponent for Nynorsk language
- Rasmus Frandsen (1886–1974), Danish rower
- Rasmus Green (1980–2006), Danish football player
- Rasmus Hatledal (1885–1963), Norwegian topographer and military officer.
- Rasmus Jensen (d. 1620), Danish Lutheran priest and the first Lutheran cleric in Canada
- Rasmus Jonasson, Swedish tennis player
- Rasmus Jönsson, Swedish football player
- Rasmus Kaljujärv, Estonian actor
- Rasmus Katholm, Danish football player
- Rasmus Kofoed, Danish chef and restaurateur
- Rasmus Kofoed (cricketer), Danish cricketer
- Rasmus Olsen Langeland (1873-1954), Norwegian politician and minister
- Rasmus Lerdorf, Greenlandic-Danish programmer and creator of the PHP programming language
- Rasmus Lindgren, Swedish football player
- Rasmus Løland (1861–1907), Norwegian journalist, novelist and children's writer
- Rasmus Lyberth, Greenlandic singer, songwriter and actor
- Rasmus Malling-Hansen (1835–1890), Danish inventor, minister and principal at the Royal Institute for the Deaf, and one of the true pioneers of the 19th century
- Rasmus Marvits, Danish football player
- Rasmus Midgett, (1851–1926), US Life-Saving Service surfman in North Carolina who single-handedly rescued ten men from the sinking barkentine Priscilla
- Rasmus Mogensen, Danish fashion photographer
- Rasmus Olai Mortensen (1869-1934), Norwegian politician and minister
- Rasmus Nielsen, Danish football player
- Rasmus Tønder Nissen (1822–1882), Norwegian politician
- Rasmus Nøhr, Danish musician and guitarist
- Rasmus Nordbø (1915 – 1983), Norwegian admminstrator and minister
- Rasmus Pettersen, Norwegian gymnast
- Rasmus Quaade, Danish road and track bicycle racer
- Rasmus Christian Rask (1787-1832), Danish scholar and philologist
- Rasmus Rasmussen, (1899–1974), Danish gymnast
- Rasmus Refer, Danish entrepreneur and businessman
- Rasmus Ristolainen, Finnish ice hockey player
- Rasmus Lauge Schmidt, Danish handball player
- Rasmus Schüller, Finnish football player
- Rasmus Seebach, Danish singer songwriter
- Rasmus Sindre, (1859-1908), Norwegian newspaper editor and politician
- Rasmus Sjöstedt, Swedish football player
- Rasmus Skylstad (1893 – 1972), Norwegian diplomat
- Rasmus Carl Staeger (1800 - 1875), Danish entomologist
- Rasmus Steinsvik (1863 – 1913), Norwegian writer, magazine editor and newspaper editor
- Rasmus Stjerne, Danish curler
- Rasmus Thude, Danish singer and songwriter
- Rasmus Andreas Torset (1897-1965), Norwegian politician
- Rasmus Videbæk, Danish cinematographer
- Rasmus Wengberg, Swedish badminton player
- Rasmus Wremer, Swedish handball player
- Rasmus Würtz, Danish football player
- Hans Rasmus Astrup (1831-1898), Norwegian politician
- Urban Jacob Rasmus Børresen (1857–1943), Norwegian rear admiral
- Peter Rasmus Krag (1825–1891), Norwegian engineer captain in the Norwegian Army and politician
- Peder Rasmus Lyng (1799–1863), Norwegian politician
- Ole Rasmus Møgster, (1958–2010), Norwegian businessperson
References
- ^ Mike Campbell. "Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Rasmus". Behind the Name. Retrieved 2015-02-25.