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Svafa

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Female Female Name

Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Iceland Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

Old Norse name meaning 'woman from Swabia' from Old Norse svabar = 'Swabians' (Ancient Germanic *swāƀa- = 'Swabians' [1]) [2] [3]

The name of the Germanic people derives from Old German swēba = 'free, independent' [4]

See also SVAV

Related Names

Svafa ♀
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Icelandic Old Norse
Sváfa ♀
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Old Norse
Sváfa ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Old Norse
Svava ♀
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Sváva ♀
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Faroese
Swave ♂
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Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Old Danish
Swavi ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Old Danish

See also Svavar

Combinations

See also SVAV (name element)

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Svöfuson Iceland

Female

Svöfudóttir Iceland

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Svafa
Accusative: Svöfu
Dative: Svöfu
Genitive: Svöfu

Further Information

Norse Mythology

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Iceland Iceland[7]
8 15
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Denmark Denmark[8]
1
n.a.
 1
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[9]
0 0 0 0 0 0
Norway Norway[10]
0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Finland Finland[11]
n.a.
 0 0 0 0 0
Greenland Greenland[12]
0 0
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Svafa.


References

  1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
  2. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  4. ↑ Adrian Room: Brewer's Dictionary of Names (1992)
  5. ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  6. ↑ Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
  7. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  8. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  9. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  10. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  11. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  12. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
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