Sven
Sven (more rarely Swen ) is a male given name .
Origin and meaning of the name
Sven is derived from the old Norse word sveinn and means "young warrior", "boy".
distribution
In the first half of the 20th century, the name Sven was hardly widespread in Germany. Its popularity rose sharply. In the 1970s he was among the ten most common boy names of the respective year a few times. Its popularity has declined sharply since the late 1990s.
name day
- September 4th - Saint Swidbert (also Suitbert )
Well-known namesake
Sven
- Sven I. "Gabelbart" (around 965–1014), from 986 King of Denmark
- Sven II. Estridsson (around 1020–1074), from 1047 King of Denmark
- Sven III. Grate (before 1120–1157), King of Denmark from 1146/47
- Sven Bender (* 1989), German soccer player
- Sven-Olof Bergvall (* 1943), Swedish orienteering skier
- Sven Botman (* 2000), Dutch soccer player
- Sven Böttcher (* 1964), German writer, translator and screenwriter
- Sven Elvestad (1884–1934), Norwegian writer and journalist
- Sven Epiney (* 1972), Swiss television and radio presenter
- Sven-Göran Eriksson (* 1948), Swedish football coach
- Sven Fischer (* 1971), German biathlete
- Sven Franzen (* 1987), German handball manager
- Sven Giegold (* 1969), German politician
- Sven Hannawald (* 1974), German ski jumper
- Sven Hedin (1865–1952), Swedish explorer
- Sven Kramer (speed skater) (* 1986), Dutch speed skater
- Sven Kroll (* 1983), German television presenter
- Sven Lauer (* around 1975), German pop singer, see Svaen Lauer
- Sven Lechner (* 1985), German handball player
- Sven Martinek (* 1964), German actor
- Sven Nykvist (1922–2006), Swedish cameraman and film director
- Sven Olaf Olsson , Swedish pool player
- Sven Ottke (* 1967), German boxer
- Sven Plöger (* 1967), German weather presenter
- Sven Regener (* 1961), author and member of the band Element of Crime
- Sven Reimann (* 1994), German soccer player
- Sven Schomacker (* 1973), German politician (pirate)
- Sven Telljohann (* 1971), German chess player
- Sven Ulreich (* 1988), German soccer player
- Sven Väth (* 1964), German DJ and musician
- Sven van Thom (* 1977, real name Sven Rathke ), German musician
- Sven Voss (* 1976), German sports and television presenter
- Sven Wolf (* 1976), politician (SPD)
Svenn
- Svenn Erik Medhus (* 1982), Norwegian handball player
- Svenn Thorkild Stray (1922–2012), Norwegian politician
Swen
- Swen Enderlein (1978-2004), German enduro athlete
- Swen Ennullat (* 1976), German local politician, crime writer and whistleblower
- Swen König (* 1985), Swiss football goalkeeper
- Swen Papenbrock (* 1960), German graphic artist
- Swen Schulz (* 1968), German politician (SPD)
- Swen Knöchel (* 1973), German politician (Die Linke)
- Swen Sundberg (* 1974), German triathlete
variants
- male: Svend (Danish form), Svein (Norwegian form), Sveinn (Icelandic form), Swen (Germanic spelling), Svenne, ス ヴ ェ ン - Su ve n (Japanese spelling in Latin letters)
- female: Svende , Svenja (only German), Suenja
- Family name (Patronymic): Svensson
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Sven. Retrieved February 12, 2008 .
- ↑ Statistics on "Popular first names"
Web links
Wiktionary: Sven - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
