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Svala

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Female Female Name

Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Iceland Icelandic
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Faroe Islands Faroese

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Origin and Meaning

1) Old Norse svala = 'swallow (bird)' [1] [2] [3]

2) Short form of Svalaug (see Svanlaug) [3]

Swallow
Swallow
Image by Malene Thyssen,[4]
licensed under Creative Commons

Related Names

Svala ♀
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Faroese Icelandic Norwegian Old Norse Swedish
Svale ♀
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Norwegian

Combinations

For combinations see SVAL (name element)

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Svaluson Faroe Islands
Svöluson Iceland

Female

Svaludóttir Faroe Islands
Svöludóttir Iceland

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Svala
Genitive: Svalas
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Svala
Accusative: Svalu
Dative: Svalu
Genitive: Svalu
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Svala
Accusative: Svölu
Dative: Svölu
Genitive: Svölu
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Svala
Genitive: Svalas
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Svala
Genitive: Svalas

Further Information

Namesakes

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Iceland Iceland[7]
252 346
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[8]
66 125 66 123 0 2
Denmark Denmark[9]
48
n.a.
 48
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Finland Finland[10]
n.a.
 3
n.a.
 3 0 0
Norway Norway[11]
15
n.a.
 15
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[12]
0 0
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Svala.


References

  1. ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
  2. ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  4. ↑ Wikimedia Commons: Image by Malene Thyssen, source & license
  5. ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  6. ↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
  7. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  8. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  9. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  10. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  11. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  12. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
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