SVEIN

Name Element

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Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Ancient Germanic

*sve = 'own'
*svo = 'own'

Old Norse

sveinn = 'young man', 'boy'
sveinn = 'lad', 'free servant'
sveinn = 'youngling', 'servant'
svėinn = 'young man', 'boy', 'lad', 'free servant', 'herdsman'

Old Swedish

sven = 'young man', 'boy', 'lad', 'free servant'
svēn = 'youngling', 'servant'
svæn = 'young man', 'boy', 'lad', 'free servant'

Old Saxon

svēn = 'young man', 'boy', 'lad', 'free servant', 'herdsman'

Old High German

svėin = 'young man', 'boy', 'lad', 'free servant', 'herdsman'
svein = 'herdsman', 'servant'

Middle High German

svên = 'herdsman', 'swineherd', 'servant'

Old English

svān = 'young man', 'boy', 'lad', 'free servant', 'herdsman'

Anglo-Saxon

svân = 'swineherd', 'herdsman'

Related Names

See Sveinn and Svæinaldi and Svæinaldr

Combinations

Name Element	Example
ADAL	see Aðalsveinn
ARN	see Arnsvein
AS	see Ássvein
AUD	see Eyðsvein
BERTIL	see Svenbertil
BJÖRN	see Sveinbjǫrn
BJÖRT	see Sveinbjartur
BORG	see Bergsveinn and Svenborg
DIS	see Sveindís
ERIK	see Svenerik
EY	see Sveiney
FRID	see Friðsveinn and Svenfrid
FRÍÐ	see Sveinfríður
GEIR	see SvæingæiRR
GERD	see Sveingerður
GUD	see Gottsveinn
GUNNAR	see Svengunnar
HARD	see Svenhard
HEID	see Svæinhæiðr
HER	see Hersveinn and Sveinar
HILD	see Svenhild
JÓ	see Jósvein
JON	see Jónsvein and Sveinjón
Kápa	see Kǫpu-Svæinn
KOL	see Kulsvæinn
KOLL	see Kollsveinn
LAUG	see Sveinlaug
MAR	see Sveinmar
NY	see Svenný
ROS	see Sveinrós
RUN	see Sveinrún
SIG	see Sigursveinn
ULF	see Sveinulf
UNG	see Sveinungr
VEIG	see Sveinveig
ÅGE	see Svenåge
ÅKE	see Svenåke
ÞOR	see Sveinþór and Torsven

First Element Forms

Svein- Sven- Svenn-

Last Element Forms

-svein -sveinn -sveina -sven -svend -svæinn