Given name & surname

Svan

“resembling a swan”

Svan is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “resembling a swan.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One interpretation is “resembling a swan.”

Svan’s family of names

Svan has a related form in Svann.

Walk Svan’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

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.

Similar names

If you love Svan, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Norse

Sven

“a youthful man; a lad”

27RareSteady

>99% boys

Norse

Sgàire

Sgàire is a masculine given name, probably from Old Norse. It is used in Scottish Gaelic.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Norse · Virtue

Von

“filled with hope”

35RareRising

99% boys · 1% girls

Norse

Oysten

“filled with happiness”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Norse

Amhlaidh

Amhlaidh is a masculine given name from Proto-Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Scottish Gaelic.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Norse

Amhlaoibh

“the last of the ancestors”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Norse

Eystein

“a lucky man”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Norse

Esbjorn

“a bear of the gods”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Svan’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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