Given name

Svenhilde

Svenhilde is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Svenhilde isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Svenhilde 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

Svenhilde’s family of names

Svenhilde has a related form in Swanhilda.

Walk Svenhilde’s family in the name graph

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The ring: 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.

Similar names

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

Old Norse · Mythological

Svanhild

“swan” · “battle”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Mythological

Krimhilde

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Danish · Mythological

Semine

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Mythological

Semiene

No U.S. birth series

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Mythological

Semeine

No U.S. birth series

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Hindi · Mythological

Svaha

“in Hinduism, a minor goddess”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Mythological

Semyle

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

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

A brother for Svenhilde

A sister for Svenhilde