Swen

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Usage

Old Danish
Old Swedish
Swedish
Danish
Norwegian

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Origin and Meaning

1) Old Danish and Old Swedish form of Sveinn

2) Creative spelling of Sven

Related Names

See Sveinn

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Swensson
Swenssøn
Swensøn

Female

Swensdotter

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Swen
Genitive:	Swens

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Swen
Genitive:	Swens

- Swedish
Nominative:	Swen
Genitive:	Swens

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Sweden: (1439?)

Strongest Period of Usage

• Denmark: Top 14 in the Middle Ages

Predominant Regional Usage

• Sweden:
  • Jämtland (19th century) see map
  • Härjedalen (19th century) see map
  • Skåne (19th century) see map

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&
Sweden		39	105	0	0	39	105
Finland		n.a.	15	0	0	n.a.	15
Denmark		6	n.a.	0	n.a.	6	n.a.
Norway		7	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	7	n.a.
Greenland		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.

 

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Swen (m) in Sweden in the year 1880.