Given name
Svante
Svante is a masculine given name from Slavic, ultimately from Proto-Slavic. It is used in Swedish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Svante comes from Slavic, and ultimately from Proto-Slavic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Swedish usage, Svante is a short form of Svantepolk.
Svante’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Svante is a short form of Svantepolk.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Svante
- Svante ArrheniusSwedish astronomer, chemist and physicist (1859–1927)
- Svante PääboSwedish geneticist (born 1955)
- Svante ThuressonSwedish jazz and schlager singer (1937–2021)
- Svante NilssonSwedish statesman (1460-1512)
- Svante RasmusonOlympic pentathleteborn 1955
- Svante StockseliusSwedish journalistborn 1955
- Svante IngelssonSwedish association football playerborn 1998
- Svante Samuel MurbeckSwedish botanist (1859-1946)
- Svante ThunbergSwedish actor, producer and writerborn 1969
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