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Origin and Meaning
Germanic name element meaning 'swan' (bird)
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| Swans Image by Marek Szczepanek,[1] licensed under Creative Commons |
Old Norse
svanr = 'male swan' [2]
Old Swedish
svan = 'swan' [3]
Old Saxon
Anglo-Saxon
swan = 'swan' [2]
Old High German
swan = 'male swan' [2]
swana = 'female swan' [2]
Related Names
Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| BJÖRN | see Svanbjörn |
| BJÖRT | see Svanbjört |
| BORG | see Svanborg (Norse) and Swanburg (German) |
| DIS | see Svandís |
| EY | see Svaney |
| FRÍÐ | see Svanfríður |
| GEIR | see Svangeir |
| HEID | see Svanheiður |
| HILD | see Swanahilda (German) |
| HOLM | see Svanhólm |
| HVIT | see Svanhvít |
| LAUG | see Svanlaug |
| LILL | see Svanelille |
| MUND | see Svanmundur |
| NY | see Svaný |
| ROS | see Svanrós |
| RUN | see Svanrun |
| ÞOR | see Svanþór |
| ÞRUÐ | see Svanþrúður |
First Element Forms
Sun-
Sva-
Svan-
Swana-
Svane-
Swano-
Svå-
Svån-
References
- ↑ Wikimedia Commons: Image by Marek Szczepanek, source & license
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Hjalmar Falk & Alf Torp: Book: Etymologisk ordbok over det norske og det danske sprog|Etymologisk ordbok over det norske og det danske sprog]] (1999)
- ↑ Elias Wessén: Våra ord (1997)
- ↑ Wilhelm Schlaug: Die altsächsischen Personennamen vor dem Jahre 1000 (1962)
- ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
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