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Sveinur

Sveinur is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Faroese.

Original Old NorseSveinn

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Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Sveinur comes from Old Norse.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old Norse Sveinn.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Sveinur’s family of names

In Faroese usage, Sveinur shares a linguistic root with the Swedish form Sven. In Faroese usage, Sveinur continues an earlier form in Sveinn. In Faroese usage, Sveinur has a conventional equivalent in the Swedish form Sven.

Walk Sveinur’s family in the name graph

SveinurSvenSvendSveinSveinnSoiniSweyn

The ring: across languages.

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Around the world

Sveinur has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Old Norse roots to each of them.

Old Norse

Old Norsewhere Sveinur comes from · 1 name

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Across languages 6

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

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Old Norse

Steinur

“stone”

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>99% boys

Old Norse

Sveinung

“kinsman or descendant of Svein”

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Old Norse

Sverker

“black” · “spear”

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Germanic

Eyðolvur

Eyðolvur is a masculine given name from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Faroese.

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>99% boys

Old Norse

Erlingur

Erlingur is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Faroese and Icelandic.

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>99% boys

Old Norse

Eivindur

Eivindur is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Faroese.

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>99% boys

Old Norse

Steinarr

“defender”

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>99% boys

Germanic

Svavar

Svavar is a masculine given name from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Icelandic.

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>99% boys

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