Given name & surname
Trygve
“one who wins with bravery”
Trygve is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “one who wins with bravery.”
Original Old NorseTryggvi
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “one who wins with bravery.”
Where it comes from
Trygve is a variant of Tryggve. An origin associated with Tryggve is Old Norse.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Norwegian usage, Trygve developed from TRYGGVI.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1907. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Trygve through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 391
- 391 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −11%
- Easing
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 8 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 2015. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 431 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Trygve’s family of names
In Norwegian usage, Trygve shares a linguistic root with the Swedish form Tryggve. Trygve has a related form in Tryggve. In Norwegian usage, Trygve developed from the Old Norse form TRYGGVI.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 Trygve
- Trygve Lie1st Secretary-General of the United Nations (1896–1968)
- Trygve HaavelmoNorwegian economist and econometrician1911–1999
- Trygve Bratteli26th Prime Minister of Norway1910–1984
- Trygve GulbranssenNorwegian novelist, businessman and journalist (1894–1962)
- Trygve Slagsvold VedumNorwegian politicianborn 1978
- Trygve Bøyesengymnast (1886–1963)
- Trygve BrodahlNorwegian cross country skier1905–1996
- Trygve ReenskaugNorwegian computer scientist (1930–2024)
- Trygve Pedersensailor1884–1967
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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