Svanhvít

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Female Name

Usage

Old Norse
Icelandic

Origin and Meaning

Old Norse name

Combination of SVAN and HVIT ^[1]

Related Names

Svanhvít	♀

Grammar

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Svanhvít
Accusative:	Svanhvíti
Dative:	Svanhvíti
Genitive:	Svanhvítar

Further Information

Mythology

The Valkyrie Hlaðgunnr is sometimes called Svanhvít ^[2]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Denmark[3]		3	n.a.	0	n.a
Sweden[4]		0	0	0	0
Finland[5]		0	0	0	0
#: 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 Svanhvít.

Sources: ^{[4] [3] [6] [5]}

References

1. ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
2. ↑ Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
5. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
6. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no