Given name
Svanhild
“swan”·“battle”
Svanhild is used as a spelling variant of Swanhild.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Svanhild is built from elements meaning “swan” and “battle”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Svanhild is used as a spelling variant of Swanhild.
The story
Svanhild is a variant of Swanhilda. The history of Swanhilda gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Swanhilda is associated with the daughter of Sigurd.
Explained through its name family
Svanhild’s family of names
Svanhild shares a linguistic root with Swanhild. Svanhild has a related form in Swanhilda.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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