Given name

Sváva

Sváva is a feminine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Faroese.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Sváva comes from Old Norse.

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How it developed

From Old Norse Sváfa.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Similar names

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Germanic

Svafa

“Swabian” · “forming feminine adjectives and nouns”

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>99% girls

Old Norse

Svanhvit

Svanhvit is a feminine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Norwegian.

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>99% girls

Old Norse · Mythological

Svanhild

“swan” · “battle”

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>99% girls

Old Norse

Apa

“to mimic”

No U.S. birth series

20% boys · 80% girls

Germanic

Ása

“god”

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>99% girls

Old Norse

Röskva

Röskva is a feminine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Icelandic.

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Old Norse

Svensen

“son of Sven”

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Swedish

Svea

“from the motherland”

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>99% girls

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