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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Svéne
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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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Old Norse

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?)

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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/