Given name & surname
Siv
“bride, wife”
Siv is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “bride, wife.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “bride, wife.”
Where it comes from
Siv comes from Old Norse, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Norse Sif, from Proto-Germanic *sibjō.
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The story
In mythological stories, Siv is associated with the wife of Thor.
Siv’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Siv has a later derivative in SIVI. Siv has a related form in Sif.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Siv
- Siv JensenNorwegian politicianborn 1969
- Nina HolménFinnish middle and long distance runnerborn 1951
- Siv Bråten LundeNorwegian biathleteborn 1960
- Siv WiderbergSwedish writer (1931–2020)
- Siv FriðleifsdóttirIcelandic politicianborn 1962
- Siv EricksSwedish actress (1918–2005)
- Siv GustavssonSwedish athletics competitorborn 1957
- Elisabeth FalkhavenSwedish politicianborn 1955
- Siv Heim SæbøeNorwegian handball playerborn 1973
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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