Given name & surname
Sune
“son”
Sune is a masculine given name from Old Norse, meaning “son.” It is used in Swedish and Danish.
Meaning & origin
Sune’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Sune shares a linguistic root with the English form Sonny.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sune
- Sune AnderssonSwedish footballer and manager (1921–2002)
- Sune AlmkvistSwedish association football, bandy and ice hockey player (1886–1975)
- Sune LarssonSwedish former cross-country skier1930–2026
- Sune LindströmSwedish architect (1906–1989)
- Sune JonssonSwedish photographer and writer (1930–2009)
- Sune SikSwedish politician1154–1200
- Sune Berg HansenDanish chess playerborn 1971
- Sune ErikssonPremier of Ålandborn 1939
- Sune LindqvistSwedish archaeologist and prehistorian (1887-1976)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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