SVAN

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Name Element


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Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Old Norse

svanr = 'male swan' [1]

Old Swedish

svan = 'swan' [2]

Old Saxon

swan = 'swan' [3]

Anglo-Saxon

swan = 'swan' [1]

Old High German

swan = 'male swan' [1]
swana = 'female swan' [1]

Related Names

See Svana and Sweneke

Combinations

Name
Element     		Example
BJÖRN see Svanbjörn
BORG see Svanborg
DIS see Svandís
FRÍÐ see Svanfríður
HEID see Svanheiður
HILD see Svanhildr
HVIT see Svanhvít
LAUG see Svanlaug
ÞRUÐ see Svanþrúður

First Element Forms

Sun-
Sva- Svan-
Svå- Svån-

References

  1. ↑ Hjalmar Falk & Alf Torp: Etymologisk ordbok over det norske og det danske sprog (1999)
  2. ↑ Elias Wessén: Våra ord (1997)
  3. ↑ Wilhelm Schlaug: Die altsächsischen Personennamen vor dem Jahre 1000 (1962)
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