Given name · also Old Norse
Svava
Svava is a feminine given name from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Icelandic.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Svava comes from Old Norse, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Icelandic usage, Svava developed from ᛊᚹᚨᛒᚨᚺᚨᚱᛃᚨᛉ.
Svava’s family of names
In Icelandic usage, Svava developed from the Proto-Norse form ᛊᚹᚨᛒᚨᚺᚨᚱᛃᚨᛉ. In Icelandic usage, Svava has a related form in SVAFA. In Icelandic usage, Svava has a related form in SVAFA.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Svava
- Svava JakobsdóttirIcelandic author and feminist politician (1930-2004)
- Svava Rós GuðmundsdóttirIcelandic association football playerborn 1995
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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