Given name · also Old Norse
Svafa
“Swabian”·“forming feminine adjectives and nouns”
Svafa is a feminine given name from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Icelandic.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Svafa is built from elements meaning “Swabian” and “forming feminine adjectives and nouns”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Svafa comes from Old Norse, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Icelandic usage, Svafa developed from ᛊᚹᚨᛒᚨᚺᚨᚱᛃᚨᛉ.
Svafa’s family of names
In Icelandic usage, Svafa developed from the Proto-Norse form ᛊᚹᚨᛒᚨᚺᚨᚱᛃᚨᛉ. In Icelandic usage, Svafa has a related form in SVAVA.
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.
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