Name: Sunniva
Gender: Female
Usage: Sunniva, of gaelic origin, is not a popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Sunniva are in general originating from Norway, United Kingdom.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Sunniva is: Sun gift, Gift of the sun.
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The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 1. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: individualistic, determined, pioneering, bold, athletic, independent, active, self-confident.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Determined
Ruling planet: Sun
Colors: Yellow, Orange, Gold
Gemstones: Topaz, Amber
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The name Sunniva is ranked on the 42,554th position of the most used names. It means that this name is rarely used.
We estimate that there are at least 4000 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Sunniva has seven characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
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History and Origin
Saint Sunniva (10th century) is the patron saint of the Norwegian Diocese of Bjørgvin, as well as all of Western Norway.
According to legend, Sunniva was the heir of an Irish kingdom, but had to flee when a heathen king, who wanted to marry her, invaded. At the Norwegian island of Selja, in the present-day municipality of Selje, she and her followers took refuge in a cave. The locals suspected the foreigners of stealing their sheep, and the ruler Håkon Jarl was sent for. Sunniva and her followers prayed to God that they should not fall into the hands of the heathens, upon which rocks fell down blocking the entrance to the cave.
Sunniva and the others died in the cave, but in the years to come miracles were reported on the island. When the Christian king Olaf Tryggvason excavated the cave in 996, the body of Sunniva was found intact. Later a Benedictine monastery, Selje Abbey, was built on the site, the ruins of which can still be seen.
Around 1170 the story of Sunniva was written down in a Latin hagiographic work titled Acta sanctorum in Selio.
Scandinavian: Latinized form of the Old English female name Sunngifu, composed of the elements sunne sun + gifu gift. According to legend, St Sunniva was a 10th-century British princess who was shipwrecked off the coast of Norway and murdered by the inhabitants as she struggled ashore.
Cognates: Swedish: Synnöve. Danish, Norwegian: Synnøve.
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