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Nordic Names

Sveinn

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Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Iceland Icelandic
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Sweden Swedish

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Origin and Meaning

Old Norse sveinn = 'boy', 'lad', 'young man', 'free servant' [1] [2] [3]

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Soini ♀/♂
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Suen ♂
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Suend ♂
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Suendt ♂
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Suíne ♂
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Suinni ♂
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Suæin ♂
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Sveidna ♂
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Svein ♂
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Sveinn ♂
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Sveinur ♂
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Sven ♂
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Swen ♂
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Svend ♂
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Svende ♂
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Svéne ♂
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Sweni ♂
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Svenn ♂
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Svenne ♂
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Svennen ♂
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Svenni ♂
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Svennik ♂
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Svennu ♂
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Svente ♂
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Svæina ♂
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Svæini ♂
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SvæiniR ♂
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Svæinn ♂
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See also Sveinki, Sveinungr, Svempa, Veini, Venni

For female forms see Sveinsína, Swenike, Svenine, Svenja, Svæina

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Sveinsson Iceland

Female

Sveinsdóttir Iceland

Combinations

For combinations see SVEIN (name element)

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Sveinn
Genitive: Sveinns
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Sveinn
Accusative: Svein
Dative: Sveini
Genitive: Sveins
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Sveinn
Genitive: Sveinns
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Sveinn
Genitive: Sveinns

Further Information


Norse Mythology

Namesakes

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&
Iceland Iceland[5]
1041 1377
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Denmark Denmark[6]
34
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 34
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[7]
16 33 0 0 16 33
Finland Finland[8]
n.a.
 5 0 0
n.a.
 5
Norway Norway[9]
32
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
 32
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[10]
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 Sveinn.


References

  1. ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
  2. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  3. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
  4. ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  5. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  6. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  7. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  8. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  9. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  10. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
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