Svend

See also: svend

Danish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse Sveinn. Cognate with Faroese Sveinur, Icelandic Sveinn, Norwegian Nynorsk Svein, Swedish Sven, English Sweyn, and Finnish Soini.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʋɛnd/, /sfɛnt/

Proper noun

Svend

1. a male given name from Old Norse

Derived terms

• (surnames) Svendsen

References

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 64 637 males with the given name Svend have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Norwegian

Etymology

From Danish Svend, as a variant of Svein.

Proper noun

Svend

1. a male given name

Related terms

• Svendsen