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From the 17th century on, Svea has been a female personification of Sweden: Svea-rike = 'empire of the Swedes' [1] [2] [3]
The original inhabitants of Sweden called themselves Suebi. This name probably derives from Old German sweba = 'free' (see also SVAV). Another theory is that it derives from geswion = 'kinsman'
Svea | ♀ |
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Swea | ♀ |
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Sveuson |
Sveudóttir |
- Danish | |
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Nominative: | Svea |
Genitive: | Sveas |
- Finnish | |
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Nominative: | Svea |
Genitive: | Svean |
Partitive: | Sveaa |
- Icelandic | |
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Nominative: | Svea |
Accusative: | Sveu |
Dative: | Sveu |
Genitive: | Sveu |
- Norwegian | |
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Nominative: | Svea |
Genitive: | Sveas |
- Swedish | |
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Nominative: | Svea |
Genitive: | Sveas |
Finland (Swedish Language) |
6 November |
Sweden |
2 January |
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[6] |
|
4622 | 11704 | 4622 | 11699 | 0 | 5 |
Finland[8] |
|
n.a. |
2736 | n.a. |
2736 | 0 | 0 |
Denmark[9] |
|
193 | n.a. |
193 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
Iceland[10] |
|
3 | 3 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[11] |
|
70 | n.a. |
70 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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. |
Sources: [13]
Regional distribution of Svea (f) in Sweden in the year 1880.