Sven

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Usage

Old Swedish Old Swedish
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Finland Finnish
Norway Norwegian
Greenland Greenlandic

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Origin and Meaning

Old Swedish and younger Swedish and Danish form of Sveinn [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Related Names

See Sveinn

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Svensen Denmark
Svenson Sweden
Svensson Old Swedish Sweden

Female

Svendatter Denmark
Svendotter Sweden
Svensdotter Sweden

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Sven
Genitive: Svens
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Sven
Genitive: Svenin
Partitive: Sveniä
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Sven
Genitive: Svens
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Sven
Genitive: Svens

Name Days

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

21 August

Sweden Sweden

5 December

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Namesakes

Trivia

  • Sven was a heavy storm in Sweden in December 2013.

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

Please turn your device to landscape orientation for better view of statistics tables and graphs.
Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
Sweden Sweden[12]
31118 99733 3 14 31115 99719
Finland Finland[13]
n.a.
7443 0 0
n.a.
7443
Denmark Denmark[14]
2457
n.a.
0
n.a.
2457
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[15]
12 14
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[16]
3 6
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[17]
3851
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
3851
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.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Sven (m) Sources: [12][14][17][13]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Sven (m) Sources: [18]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Sven (m)

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Sven (m) in Sweden in the year 1880. Swedish Regional Distribution for Sven (m)


References

  1. Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
  2. Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  4. Marianne Blomqvist: Vad heter finlandssvenskarna? (2006)
  5. Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  6. 6.0 6.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  7. Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  8. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, census of 2011, http://www.stat.gl/
  9. Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  10. Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
  12. 12.0 12.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  13. 13.0 13.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  14. 14.0 14.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  15. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  16. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  17. 17.0 17.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  18. details see Name Statistic tables