Given name
Swegn
Swegn is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Old English.
Original Old NorseSveinn
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Old English usage, Swegn developed from Sveinn.
Swegn’s family of names
In Old English usage, Swegn shares a linguistic root with the Swedish form Sven. In Old English usage, Swegn shares a linguistic root with the Danish form Svend. In Old English usage, Swegn developed from the Old Norse form Sveinn.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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