Name: Sven
Gender: Male
Usage: Sven, of norse origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Sven are in general originating from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Sven across the world, see Svenja.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Sven is: Boy, Youth.
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Numerology of the first name Sven: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 6. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: responsible, protective, stable, balanced, loving, compassionate.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Romantic, Nurturing
Ruling planet: Venus
Colors: Blue
Gemstones: Emerald
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The name Sven is ranked on the 2,858th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 127300 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.002% of the population. The name Sven has four characters. It means that it is relatively short-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Sven for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Sven is 12 November.
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History and Origin
Sven (in Danish and Norwegian also Svend and in Norwegian also "Svein") is a Nordic first name which is used throughout Scandinavia, Estonia and Germany. The name itself is Old Norse for "young man" or "young warrior". The original spelling in Old Norse was sveinn (whence Eng swain, "servant boy"). Over the centuries, many northern European rulers have carried the name including Sweyn I of Denmark (Sven Gabelbart), who established Danish rule over Norway and successfully invaded England in the year 1002. An old legend relates the pagan king Blot-Sven ordered the execution of the Anglo-Saxon monk Saint Eskil.
In medieval Swedish "sven" (or "sven av vapen" (sven of arms)) is a term for squire. The female equivalent Svenja, though seemingly Scandinavian, is not common anywhere outside of German-speaking countries.
The Icelandic and Faroese version of Sven/Svend is Sveinn (pronounced Svay-dn in Icelandic).
Swedish: from the Old Norse byname Sveinn ‘boy, lad’. It is now also used in the German-speaking world and to some extent in the United States.
Cognates: Danish: Svend. Norwegian: Svein.
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