Given name & surname
Svenn
“a youthful man; a lad”
Svenn has a related form in Sven. One interpretation is “a youthful man; a lad.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Svenn has a related form in Sven. One interpretation is “a youthful man; a lad.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Svenn has a related form in Sven. An origin associated with Sven is Old Norse.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Svenn developed from Sveinn.
Svenn’s family of names
In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Svenn developed from the Old Norse form Sveinn. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Svenn has a related form in Sven. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Svenn has a related form in Sven.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
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.
People named Svenn
- Svenn StrayNorwegian politician (1922-2012)
- Svenn CroneDanish association football playerborn 1995
- Svenn Erik MedhusNorwegian handball playerborn 1982
- Svenn KristiansenNorwegian politician (1940–2024)
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